Bogota, Colombia’s capital and the country’s coronavirus epicenter, may extend an ongoing quarantine by another three months, Mayor Claudia Lopez said Monday. In a television interview, the mayor said “Bogota…
President Ivan Duque called on the “solidarity” of Colombia’s financial sector on Sunday to help minimize the incalculable damage of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s economy. The president’s call…
Colombia’s economy is being dealt an unprecedented blow by the coincidental drop in global oil prices and a pandemic. Calculating the cost is almost impossible. What is certain is that…
Colombia’s central bank urged calm on Monday after drops in global oil prices and stocks dragged the peso to unprecedented lows against the US dollar. In the first hours of…
Seventy-two human rights defenders have been assassinated in Colombia since 2015 in disputes with companies, primarily multinationals, according to a corporate responsibility NGO. The businesses implicated in most cases of…
Colombia’s prosecution raided the main office of airliner Avianca in Bogota on Wednesday to investigate the company’s second bribery scandal this month. According to the prosecution, it is investigating the…
The United States’ ambassador implied Tuesday that recent taxi app Uber’s recent departure from Colombia could negatively affect foreign investment in the South American country. Speaking at the Colombo-American Chamber…
Colombia’s finance minister lowered his country’s economic growth projection on Monday and admitted he had been overly optimistic about last year’s economic growth. The government’s 2020 budget prepared by Finance…
Colombia’s unemployment rate that has been increasing since 2015 accelerated and reached 10.5% in 2019, but some experts believe there is light at the end of the tunnel. The hike…