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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

Panamá based Copa Airlines announced today that all passengers must wear surgical masks during flights, check-in, boarding, and disembarkation on flights to and from Venezuela. The policy is to combat the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. This policy is in order to...

Colombia’s immigration authorities in conjunction with the Ministry of Health have announced new measures, effective immediately, that apply to all travelers entering Colombian territory, whether Colombian or foreign.

Colombian authorities dismantled a criminal organization in Arauca known as “Los Suizos” (translates to "The Swiss")  that had smuggled about 100 tons of cheese across the border. 

Retail gas stations and wholesale distributors in La Guajira, Colombia’s Atlantic coastal department bordering Venezuela, have closed in protest of the national government’s subsidized gasoline quotas established by MinMinas, Colombia’s ministry of Mines & Energy. La Guajira,...

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...

On November 21, massive protests took place throughout Colombia; the largest at least since 1977, over 40 years ago. Though limited labor union strikes and university student protests are fairly common in Colombia, this was a public action unseen in Colombia for at least two...