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Uribe, currently a senator, remains a highly polarizing figure in Colombia and is currently under criminal investigation.

During the first year, the carrier expects to transport some 31,000 passengers between Miami and Santa Marta, which it has named its third hub in Colombia.

At the U.N., Duque reiterated his commitment to crack down on illicit coca production, strengthen the country’s peace process, and find a solution to the Venezuelan crisis.

Colombia's coca crop has been expanding by 45% per year since 2013 and reached a recorded high of 171,000 hectares in 2017.

"What Uber and Tesla have been doing is trying to be autonomous on the streets beside other cars," says Ricardo Rambal. "What we do is we deliver on the sidewalk."

The CEO was honored for "outstanding performance leading the group's extensive portfolio of brands in several countries," said Council of the Americas.

Long-standing allegations have surrounded the company for decades. In a U.S. court settlement in 2007, Chiquita paid a $25 million USD fine and admitted it had paid protection money to paramilitary groups.

Trump was originally scheduled to make his first trip to Colombia earlier this year during a trip to the Summit of the Americas in Lima. But he abruptly canceled those travel plans at the last minute.

The Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award winner will be announced during a ceremony at the world-famous Rockefeller Center on October 4.

The loan — which is the first issued by Kennedy Funding to close in Colombia — will be used to purchase 17,000 acres of vacant land in the Sucre capital.