Economy

The Colombian peso weakened 1.3% at the opening of the session, while yields on local treasury bonds climbed as the rising toll from the Mexican swine flu outbreak sent a…

Colombia’s peso climbed to a three- month high as U.S. stock gains boosted investor appetite for higher-yielding, emerging-market assets.  Colombia’s currency rose 1.2 percent to 2,276.25 per dollar at 10:21…

Striking Colombian truck drivers said Thursday they hope to negotiate a deal with the government over the weekend to end the work stoppage and allow coffee to get to port…

99% of union workers from 296 banana plantation voted to strike in the municipalities of Apartadó, Carepa, Chigorodó and Turbo. Guillermo Rivera Zapata, the president of Sintrainagro, the agricultural industry’s…

More than 170,000 Colombian truckers have parked their cars on the side of the road and take part in a national strike. The government’s concession to lower the fuel price…

Colombian authorities in February approved permits for construction on 33% less area than in the same month of 2008 as the area covered by housing permits fell, according to government…

After Colombian industrial production and retail sales posted a large decline in February, some analysts consider the economy to already be in recession. Industrial production, excluding coffee-processing, contracted 13% in…

Representatives from Japan and Colombia met in Tokyo to begin the first round of negotiations of a Bilateral Investment Agreement with the objective of promoting economic ties between the two…

Internet-based money transfer company Xoom and Colombia’s largest bank, Bancolombia, Monday announced a partnership, allowing customers of the U.S. company to use Bancolombia offices to pick up money. According to…