As Colombian President Gustavo Petro presided over the re-opening of the land border with Venezuela, anti-government protests marched through the country’s largest cities.
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro and Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro are expected to meet on Monday, September 26 to formalize the reopening of the international border.
President Petro will give his first address to the UN General Assembly facing growing protests at home over illegal land occupation and economic uncertainty.
Heated debates in Congress over Colombia’s energy future and government intervention in the oil and gas sector has raised the spectre of a looming crisis.
The reputation of the Guaviare department has been slighted by the coca harvest, but with the post-conflict, eco tourism has taking root.
Colombia offers few incentives for graduates to remain in their country and contribute to economic growth and development. The so-called brain drain could worsen with greater taxation in planned reforms.
The Colombian peso is breaking historic highs to the US dollar and rapid devaluation that may signal a flight of capital with the recent election of Gustavo Petro.
Colombians are joining the growing ranks of illegal immigrants from other nations attempting to the enter the U.S by the crossing the southern border.
After promising to halt oil production in Colombia if elected president, candidate Gustavo Petro also warned of a possible end to coal exports given that the fuel is “worse than cocaine.”
Colombia’s upcoming May 29 presidential election could send geopolitical shock waves as far East as China, could the country elect a hard-left candidate with Gustavo Petro,
As global demand for commodity exports surge, the Colombian peso hit a nine month high to the U.S dollar and part of a Latin America-wide currency rally.
Colombia’s leading medicinal cannabis company Clever Leaves will supply Australia with high-grade CBD isolates and oil worth US$7.8 million.
Colombia’s GDP in 2021 registered record growth despite third wave in COVID-19 cases, social protests and supply chain disruptions.
President Iván Duque’s official trip to Europe included the signing of a joint-pact with the EU on climate action and environmental conservation.
Colombia is expecting bumper crop exports of its fresh cut flowers ahead of St.Valentine’s Day. Air cargo companies adding extra flights to meet global demand.
After the controversial report by FAO ranking Colombia as a “hunger hotspot,” the nation’s food banks claim the hunger situation is “critical.”