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Not long after a bitter strike, Avianca is facing renewed labor unrest, this time from Airbus pilots in Peru who claim that Avianca is using the Coronavirus Pandemic to escape from a negotiated early retirement buyout with pilots in the neighboring country.

The rating downgrades of Ecopetrol, OCENSA and A.I. Candelaria reflect the direct and indirect linkage of these companies to the Sovereign Rating downgrade of Colombia, which Fitch downgraded to 'BBB-' from 'BBB'. The ratings for Emgesa, Isagen and UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones have...

Viva Air today issued a challenge to find solutions that incentivize passengers to return the airways. The winning proposal will win a $10,000 USD prize, provided by Viva Air and its external innovation collaborators.

In a new report, Fitch Ratings said that it expects a combined $202 million USD in debt due this year and owed by Avianca, Odebrecht and Digicel will not be repaid by the issuers.

With travel restrictions in place due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Copa Airlines issued a filing indicating that the company will reduce capacity by 80% but may shut down completely.

President Ivan Duque announced Sunday that Colombia, starting today, March 16, is completely closed to foreign visitors in an effort to contain the global Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic

Khiron Life Sciences this week announced that it has received manufacturing quotas from the Colombian TQG that authorize the company to manufacture high-THC whole plant extract for both export and domestic purposes.

After the first case of coronavirus COVID-19 was diagnosed on Colombian territory in a student who had returned to Bogotá from Milan, Italy, two more cases have been diagnosed in passengers returning from Spain. The additional cases were diagnosed in Medellín and Buga, a small...

The first coronavirus infection has been confirmed in Colombia after a 19 year old female student tested positive after returning to Bogotá from Milan, Italy. Containment protocols have been activated.

Sovereign and corporate issuers in Latin America will be adversely affected by slower Chinese demand and commodity price weakness caused by coronavirus due to high commodity export dependence and direct trade exposure to China, says Fitch Ratings.