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In an auction that raised 5 trillion pesos ($1.5 Billion USD), Colombia allocated mobile spectrum to operators America Movil (Claro) (NYSE: AMX, BMV: AMXL) and Millicom (Tigo) (NASD: TIGO, STO: TIGO SDB), and to British private equity investors Novator Partners. Telefónica’s...

Last week Accenture (NYSE: ACN) opened its first NanoLab in Ruta-N in Medellín. The NanoLab will immerse local Accenture customers in the latest emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, extended reality, quantum computing, robotics, cybersecurity, blockchain,...

Statistics announced by Colombia’s DANE statistics agency indicate that for the first 3 quarters of 2019, hotel occupancy reached a rate of 56.7%, and hotel revenues rose 11.7% over the same period the previous year, and the highest in the past 14 years. José Manuel Restrepo,...

In the first half of 2019, Colombia’s avocado exports are up 37.6% compared to the same period in 2018, according to ProColombia, Colombia’s export promotion agency, and DANE, the national statistics agency. This in contrast to a global increase in consumption of 3% according to...

According to statistics from Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT), the country continues to see growth in the medical tourism sector, which includes both medically necessary and elective procedures. According to ministry data, perhaps 50,000 foreign...

In the first half of 2019, the number of international visitors passing through Colombian immigration continues its upward trend, with 2,865,070 foreign nonresident visitors between January & August, according to Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in sectors other than those of mines and energy, between January and August, registered an increase of 11.4%, according to Colombia’s Banco de la República (Bank of the Republic), going from $1.4 billion USD the same period last year to $1.564...

Colombia’s vice minister of foreign trade Laura Valdivieso Jiménez met this week with US undersecretary of commerce Gilbert Kaplan during his visit to Colombia to discuss trade, when she brought up for discussion agricultural admissibility of several agricultural products,...

In the first half of 2019, 82,549 International visitors arrived in Colombia through Colombia’s Atlantic coastal city of Barranquilla. According to Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism (MinCIT), this is an increase of 9.7% over the same period in 2018. 538,260...

The 5th version of the “Siembra Negro” Festival launches today and runs through September 14th, in Coquí, a village outside of the coastal town of Nuquí on Colombia’s Pacific coast best known as a launching point for whale watching and ecotourism. The Ministry of Commerce,...