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During 2019, Invest in Bogota (IIB), the city of Bogotá's investment promotion agency, supported 48 greenfield Foreign Direct Investment projects, its highest number for a calendar year since its institution in 2006.

Rebus, a Colombian event and ticketing platform launched in 2017 and led by co-founder Juliana Villalba Torres, has raised $415,000 in seed funding from several angel investors, including Angel Ventures, Magma Partners, Enlaces, Quake Capital, Avalancha Ventures and several...

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Chief Executive Officer Adam Boehler (pictured above) met with Colombian President Ivan Duque in Cartagena last month. In a statement, Boehler reaffirmed the United States’ “steadfast commitment to the Colombian...

Continental’s team has now qualified for the 12th International Mines Rescue Competition in West Virginia Continental Gold’s (TSX: CNL) Buriticá, Antioquia-based emergency mine rescue teams excelled at the Colombian Mine Rescue Olympic Games, competing in simulated...

Colombia’s economy continues to grow, and the country attracts more foreign direct investment every year. Just this October, over a billion US dollars in FDI was announced at investment Promotion Agency ProColombia’s 2019 Investment Summit. Colombia’s capital of 9 million souls,...

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...

The US court case of Horacio Triana, known as Colombia’s “emerald czar,” will focus on drug trafficking charges and is unlikely to shine a light on a complex web of links between the country’s emerald industry and a range of criminal interests. In November, Triana pled guilty...

Colombian and US officials met last week at the historic residence of the Marquis de Valdehoyos in Cartagena, Colombia for official talks titled “Consultations on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance to be held between the United States and Colombia.” The meeting was part of...

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...

Colombian low-cost airline Viva Air and travel technology platform Amadeus (MSE: AMS) have announced a distribution deal today whereas Viva Air will make its domestic and international flights, as well as negotiated fares, bookable in all Amadeus points of sale. The fares will be...