Colombia’s 2015 budget is facing strong criticism from opposition parties from both the left and the right as Congress is divided on how to close the $6.5 gap in the proposed $108…
Colombian statistics agency DANE released data showing increasingly lower unemployment, fueled by an increase in jobs in the energy sector.
The power of organized crime in Medellin’s neighboring city, Bello, has added huge costs and restrictions for businesses hoping to participate in the city’s construction boom, local newspaper El Colombiano…
A reform seeking to rewind a controversial 2005 law that allows Colombian presidents a second term is set be sent to Congress for ratification this week.
A range of Medellin construction projects using “hyper optimization” – a fast, cheap and resource efficient way of building assembly – have almost all recently had serious quality problems leading…
Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy raised the price of a gallon of gas .04% for September, fixing the Bogota reference gas price at $4.55 per gallon, according to a report…
Colombia’s Central Bank, Banco de la Republica, announced on Friday a benchmark interest rake hike of .25% for the fifth consecutive month in a row, bringing the rate to 4.5%.
Cement company Argos became the first national business in Colombia’s history to win the prestigious Social Responsibility Award, recognizing the company’s “successful implementation of activities that generate positive effects in society, the economy,…
The controversial drilling technique for extracting large amounts of deeply buried natural gas known as “fracking” has irreversibly arrived in Colombia.