Colombia's ambassador to the United States paints a rosy picture of economic growth in Colombia as the Free Trade Agreement between the two nations takes effect Tuesday.

Colombia's oil output reaches 955,000 barrels a day in April, the largest yield this year, the Ministry of Mines and Energy announces.

President Juan Manuel Santos says 100,000 new jobs will be created each year through Colombia's Free Trade Agreement with the United States, which started Tuesday.

Colombia's Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. will not end agricultural production in the country, the agriculture minister says defending the deal, which takes effect Tuesday.

Colombian officials and business leaders celebrate the commencement of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement with a ceremony in the port city of Cartagena.

On the eve of the start of the Colombia – U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the charity Oxfam says the deal will bankrupt small farmers and increase poverty in rural Colombia.

Oil and gas giant the China Petroleum Company is in talks with the Colombian government to increase oil exploration and production in the country, including cooperation on the proposed Venezuela–Colombia pipeline.

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos ends his state visit to China with a speech to leading entrepreneurs in the country's largest city, Shanghai.