RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As the new Agrarian Promotion Law in Peru brings about changes, agro-exporters from the country have started to look to Colombia for lands to fulfill their expansion plans. Pilar Lozano, Commercial Attaché of the Colombian Embassy in Peru, said that up to five Peruvian agro-industrial ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Business confidence in Colombia experienced a slight decline for the second consecutive month in January due to the impact of confinement measures used by authorities to control a second wave of the coronavirus, the government said on Friday, February 19th. The business confidence index fell ...

El Gobierno de Colombia presentó una “enérgica protesta” ante la aprobación de una ley en Nicaragua para la creación de[...]

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (AP) Cuba broke its silence on Saturday, February 13th, on a memorandum it delivered to the Colombian government warning it of an alleged guerrilla attack in Bogotá and regretted that this gesture was used by the administration of President Iván Duque to fuel binational tension. ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s central government deficit was 6% of gross domestic product (GDP) in the first nine months of 2020, more than five times the figure recorded in the same period of 2019, as spending increased due to the coronavirus pandemic, a Finance Ministry document showed on ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Investment in Colombia’s oil and gas industry fell 49% to US$2.05 billion last year, the lowest since 2016, with exploration investments sliding as the coronavirus pandemic slashed global fuel demand, the private producers association said. Spending on exploration projects fell to US$350 million in 2020 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A massive propaganda campaign for Bitcoin (BTC) was launched on January 28, 2021 simultaneously in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico, with the name 'It’s time for Bitcoin' (Es Hora de Bitcoin). It includes, among other actions, advertisements on streets and public transportation. “It is a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia's state-controlled Ecopetrol is seeking to acquire state-controlled electricity transmission giant Isa in an aggressive move away from its core oil business. Ecopetrol presented a non-binding offer for the government's stake in Isa, equivalent to more than 51% of the shares in circulation, the company ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Dozens of merchants protested Wednesday, January 20th, in Colombia’s capital city of Bogota against the local government’s restrictions meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The protesters carried signs implying that the measures forcing them to keep their businesses closed will make them go ...

En término de valor, Costa Rica cerró el 2020 como el principal destino de las reexportaciones de la Zona Libre de Colón (ZLC), siendo los electrodomésticos y prendas de vestir los bienes que lideraron estos envíos.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia has issued new global bonds worth US$1.3 billion to international capital markets, while also reopening earlier-issued bonds, the ministry of finance said on Wednesday, January 13th. The new bonds, due in 2061, have a 40-year placement and were issued at 3.875%, the ministry said ...

Colombia registró en noviembre un desempleo urbano de 15.4% contra 10.4% en el mismo mes de 2019, aunque el mercado laboral muestra una leve mejoría tras el relajamiento de las medidas de confinamiento por la pandemia, según la estadística oficial.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s unemployment rate stood at 13.3% in November, which represents an increase of four percentage points compared to the same month of the previous year and a better reading compared to the previous months, as reported this Wednesday the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE). ...

Alexandra Kurmen De La Cruz was a lawyer back home in Colombia. Now she studies English and hopes to have her law degree approved here.

Panamá (BBB por Fitch Ratings) es uno de los seis países latinoamericanos con calificación soberana “grado de inversión”. También lo son Chile (A- por Fitch Ratings), Perú (BBB+ por Fitch Ratings), México, Colombia, y Uruguay (BBB- por Fitch Ratings). Quienes poseen calificación BBB- o superior se les considera “grado ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Panamanian government announced on Tuesday, December 15th, that it will hire doctors from Cuba and other nations to combat the pandemic, which has overwhelmed the country’s health system, which has the highest number of COVID-19 infections in Central America. “The national government has made ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on Colombia’s Government to take concrete actions to protect the population from the surge in violence inflicted on peasants, indigenous and Afro-Colombian people by non-State armed groups, criminal groups and other armed elements. "It is the State's ...

La Alianza del Pacífico, un bloque comercial conformado por Chile, Colombia, México y Perú, acordó impulsar un mercado digital que promueva el desarrollo del comercio vía internet, al finalizar una cumbre semipresencial que se desarrolló en Santiago.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Singapore is planning to sign a free trade agreement next year with the Pacific Alliance - which consists of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru - after making significant progress on it. After three years of negotiations, the Pacific Alliance-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (PASFTA) has reached ...

A diminuição das atividades comerciais devido à pandemia de covid-19 levou a um impacto generalizado no trabalho dos profissionais da cadeia produtiva da moda, o que foi especialmente sentido pelas trabalhadoras imigrantes em oficinas de costura na cidade de São Paulo e região metropolitana. A conclusão é da pesquisa Mascarando ...