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"We are very pleased with the arrival in Mexico, a new milestone in the history of Ecopetrol," said company president Felipe Bayón Pardo.

New rules governing the importation of Hass avocados from Colombia into the United States took effect yesterday, marking a new era for Colombian growers. Now, avocado farmers in the country can officially apply for permits from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that would allow...

"RPA is the cornerstone to this next wave of transformation," says Felix Massun, CEO of Latin America for Symphony Ventures.

Bimbo's second location in Tenjo took a year to build and was inaugurated with a visit by President Santos.

ePayco, RapiCredit, ESCALA Educación will compete against their regional peers for $75,000 USD in startup funding.

The Colombian government confirmed that Claro and Movistar have submitted payments for the enormous fines levied against them.

"We make a digital banking platform that works across the mobile channel, internet banking channel, smartphones, tablets," says Marcelo González of VeriTran.

Last July, the IMF forecasted Colombia's GDP to grow by 3.0% in 2017. In October, that figure fell to 2.7% then, in April, it was cut again to 2.3%. Now it sits at 2.0%.

While the rest of Latin America is going one way, Colombia is still lagging behind. Only Ecuador, with a 6.1% drop in the first quarter, performed worse.

The perception of security in Colombia is better than the three other largest countries in Latin America: Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.