The president of the Canadian senate has met Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to discuss the progress of the free trade agreement between the two countries. Senate President Noel Kinsella…
Canada’s Scotiabank has completed the purchase of 51% of Colombia’s Banco Colpatria in a deal worth $1 billion in total. The acquisition, announced in October, means that Scotiabank will be…
Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales is to spend $1.2 billion in Colombia in 2012 and expects production to grow by between 15% and 35%. In a statement, Colombia’s largest private…
Canada narrowly escaped flying with “FARC” fighters after a cack-handed attempt to name its air force, BBC Mundo reported Thursday. The North American nation committed the naming no-no in August…
A Canadian sailor who was caught off the Colombian coast smuggling 881 pounds of cocaine claims there is “nothing wrong with cocaine trafficking” and U.S. authorities should “mind their own…
Seventy Canadian companies are contributing to Colombian foreign direct investment, said the Colombian ambassador in Canada. According to financial publication La Republica, the Ambassador, Clemencia Forero Ucros said that companies…
The International Business Matchmaking Forum takes place in Toronto, Canada, October 27 and 28 with 195 Colombian businesses exhibiting to 174 Canadian buyers. According to Colombia’s tourism and trade promotion…
Canadian, Mexican, and certain Caribbean travelers entering the United States by sea or air must now pay a $5.50 tax after the recently ratified Colombia-US free trade agreement removed exemption…
Scotiabank has announced it will enter the Colombian retail banking market through the acquisition of 51% of Banco Colpatria for $1 billion, according to a company news release. Canada’s Scotiabank said it will…