Global currencies are under pressure with rising inflation, supply-chain disruptions and fears of an energy crisis should Russia invade Ukraine.
With 10 Vesta turbines, Colombia’s Iván Duque inaugurated a state-of-the-art wind farm in the department of La Guajira.
The consumer price index for December 2021 was highest in the coastal city of Santa Marta, almost double the national average.
Canadian biotech company Providence has signed a memorandum with the Colombian Government to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines with partner VaxThera.
Edition 31 of Expoartesanías opens in Bogotá on December 7 with artisans representing Colombia’s 32 departments and 18 countries in the international pavilion.
Colombia’s flagship Avianca has left Chapter 11 with a streamlined business model that competes with low-cost carriers and over U.S$1 billion in liquidity.
Bad weather in Colombia is contributing to production shortages of the country’s Arabica bean. Coffee prices spiking globally with supply disruptions.
The district has launched a program to help men become “agents of change” within their homes by taking on more domestic chores and responsibilities.
Global risk management firm Moody’s maintained Colombia’s stable investment grade, months after Fitch and Standard and Poor’s degraded the country to junk status.
Colombia’s Central Bank has issued a commemorative $10,000 pesos coin based on an old mint that circulated during the Independence.
As students protagonized many of the marches in Bogotá during a national strike that entered its fourth week, S&P ranked Colombia as sub-investment grade.
Left-wing Senator Gustavo Petro calls the Colombian Government a “dictatorship” and warns of “coup” after President Duque orders lifting of all road blockades.
Among the many devastating effects of coronavirus are the numbers of persons forced into poverty, including 3.6 million Colombians during the first year of the pandemic.
Colombia’s southwestern city Cali is under military curfew after extensive rioting with Paro Nacional. Bogotá protests overshadowed by random acts of vandalism.
After two years as CEO of Avianca Holdings Anko van der Werff leaves the airline to be replaced at the helm by the company’s CFO Adrian Neuhauser.
Colombia’s economic recovery for 2021 is close to the global average claims the World Bank despite growing income inequality and a vulnerable labor force.