Finance Colombia

Isagen Purchases Two Solar Plants In Meta, Colombia

Colombian power generator Isagen has announced the acquisition of its first two solar plants in Colombia. The Llanos 4 and Llanos 5 plants are located in Puerto Gaitán, Meta with 27.4 MWp* and 25 MWp respectively. The solar facilities are expected to be operational in early 2022....

Posted OnJanuary 18, 2021

, ByLoren Moss

Department for International Trade Colombia

After Colombia Bans UK Flights, Britain Advises Against Travel To Colombia

Beginning 4am on January 15, 2021 visitors who have been in or transited through Colombia in the previous 10 days cannot enter the UK. British and Irish nationals, and third country nationals with residence rights in the UK arriving in the UK from Colombia will need to...

Posted OnJanuary 18, 2021

, ByLoren Moss

En la foto, de izquierda a derecha aparecen: Andrés Valenzuela, Representante Legal de CNE Oil & Gas, Diego Mesa Puyo, Ministro de Minas y Energía, Armando Zamora Reyes, Presidente ANH, María Jimena Yáñez Gelvez, Vicepresidenta de Promoción y Asignación de Áreas - ANH y Rafael Pinto, Representante Legal de Parex Resources, durante la firma de contratos del tercer ciclo del Proceso Permanente de Asignación de Áreas en las instalaciones de la ANH - Diciembre 1 de 2020. Foto: ANH.

Colombian Government Issues 4 New Petroleum Concessions To Parex Resources & Canacol Energy Unit

Colombia's ANH signed 4 new contracts today, as a conclusion of the third cycle of the Continuous Area Nomination Process, PPAA. Parex Resources and CNE Oil & Gas were awarded four areas, with associated investments estimated at approximately US$ 40 million.

Posted OnDecember 1, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Editorial: President Duque’s “Day Without Sales Tax” Devolves Into Public Health Fiasco

Colombia's "Day without Tax" may have undone in less than 24 hours the country's past three months of success in battling the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. Even if the government decides to lift curfews and restrictions, this may have been the dumbest possible way to do it.

Posted OnJune 21, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Farmhouse & Foreigners: 42 Busted At Barnyard Sex Party During Coronavirus Pandemic

Colombian prosecutors broke up a sex party at a farm outside of Villavicencio, Colombia where 21 men and 21 women were caught red-handed consuming hallucinogens and cocaine, practicing prostitution, and drinking adulterated liquor. 17 of the partygoers were Venezuelans, according...

Posted OnApril 18, 2020

, ByLoren Moss

Insight Crime: Colombia’s Rainforests, Natural Areas Suffer As Park Rangers Threatened By Ex-FARC Mafia

According to an Insight Crime report, continued threats by criminal groups have led park rangers in Colombia’s protected areas of the Amazon rainforest to abandon their posts, leaving these territories to fall under the control of gangs.

Posted OnMarch 29, 2020

, ByInsight Crime

off

Saudi Arabia Green-Lights Importation of Colombian Beef

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has granted phytosanitary certification for exports from four Colombian beef processors, allowing Colombian ranchers to tap into Saudi Arabia’s $400 million USD beef market. Red Cárnica S.A.S. from Córdoba (belonging to Athena Foods, of Minerva...

Posted OnDecember 22, 2019

, ByLoren Moss

off

Ecopetrol: Asphalt Sales Surge 47% Over 1H 2018

Colombian petroleum company Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC, BVC: ECO) has announced that for the first half of 2019, asphalt sales have reached 212,888 tons, representing an increase of 47% over the same semester of 2018, and the highest amount in the past 3 years. The company attributes...

Posted OnOctober 15, 2019

, ByLoren Moss

off

Municipality of La Macarena, Meta Certified For Sustainable Tourism

The Colombian town of La Macarena, Meta and surrounding areas has been certified as a “sustainable tourism destination” by ACERT S.A. and recognized by Colombia’s deputy minister of tourism, Julián Guerrero Orozco. The sustainability designation includes Colombia’s famous Caño...

Posted OnOctober 15, 2019

, ByLoren Moss