Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced on Thursday that his government will accept an annual human rights review in order to move forward with a free trade agreement with Canada. Speaking…
Colombia imported $2.7 billion of goods and services in January, including freight and insurance costs, down 3.1% from January 2009, the country’s national statistics agency, DANE, said Tuesday. Imports of…
Colombia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Jaime Bermudez, on Tuesday arrived in Australia for a meeting to discuss diplomatic relations between Colombia and the Pacific country, reported Colombian media. The main topics…
Several South American non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called on the European Union to put better human rights provisions into its free trade agreement with Colombia, reported El Espectador. After reviewing…
Panama and Colombia will officially begin negotiations Monday over the terms of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) planned for later this year. According to Colombia’s Ministry of Trade and…
Colombian businesses continue to suffer from trade restrictions implemented by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The restrictions, which aim to block Venezuelan imports of Colombian products, have caused Colombia’s exports to…
Colombia’s Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata Tuesday asked the U.S. to “be sincere and tell us if the free trade agreement (FTA) is going to go ahead or not.” “More than…
The Venezuelan government will not repair ties with Colombia while President Alvaro Uribe is in power, but hopes to normalize relations after the election of a new Colombian president, Venezuela’s…
Colombian opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba will work to re-establish ties with Venezuela during a visit to the socialist country next week. Cordoba, who on Wednesday met with representatives of Colombian…