SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric called for an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday to address riots in Brazil where supporters of far-right…
By Deisy Buitrago CARACAS (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro discussed binational investment and trade at a meeting in Caracas on Saturday, the Colombian…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s minimum wage will increase by 16% in 2023, President Gustavo Petro said on Thursday, higher than the previous wage hike. The minimum wage will rise to…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia and the United States will hold a conference in the first quarter of next year to look at measures that would guarantee rights for migrants heading…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government on Wednesday awarded a project worth 3.25 trillion pesos ($674.5 million) to Spanish engineering firm Sacyr for reconstructing and maintaining the Dique Canal, the National…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia could be open to buying Venezuelan fertilizer maker Monomeros, Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo said on Wednesday, at a time when higher fertilizer prices have contributed…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will launch a military offensive against illegal armed groups operating in border areas, and it is seeking collaboration from neighbors, Interior Minister Alfonso Prada said on…
By Vivian Sequera and Luis Jaime Acosta CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) said on Friday they have agreed to invite Brazil,…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s attorney general opened an investigation into a failed public offer for shares of the country’s largest food processor Nutresa, the attorney general’s office reported Thursday evening.…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo on Thursday opened the door to possible financing in international markets for the Andean country, if the recent trend in falling…
By Carlos Vargas and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s economy grew 7% in the third quarter compared to a year earlier, the government’s DANE statistics agency said on Tuesday,…
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Hugo Espinosa Chavez (59, Tampa) to 21 years and 10 months’ imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release,…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The technical team of Colombia’s central bank on Wednesday predicted rate rises will continue beyond what the market expects, citing higher inflationary pressures, excess demand and depreciation…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Income derived from hydrocarbon exploration and production in Colombia is key to the country’s financial stability and its trade balance, its fiscal rule committee said on Monday,…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Income derived from hydrocarbon exploration and production in Colombia is key to the country’s financial stability and its trade balance, its fiscal rule committee said on Monday,…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s central bank is likely to raise borrowing costs to 11% on Friday at its penultimate meeting of the year, in tandem with policymakers…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia could use its restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela to help curb human rights violations in its neighbor, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said in a letter…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s central bank board will raise the benchmark interest rate at its meeting next week, which is likely its penultimate increase in a cycle…
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s security forces will keep up their offensive against drug traffickers and illegal armed groups, even as President Gustavo Petro pushes for “total…
(Refiles to correct paragraph 8 spelling of “Petro”) BOGOTA (Reuters) -A delegation from Colombia’s National Liberation Army (ELN) traveled to Venezuela for what the leftist rebel group said could be…
By Nelson Bocanegra CORINTO, Colombia (Reuters) – A machete slung across his chest, sugarcane worker Aldemar Moreno guards the entrance to the farm where he has been employed for 23…
By Nelson Bocanegra and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s central bank board raised the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 10% on Thursday, as inflation pressures and…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Inflation in Colombia will have risen once again in September, sending full-year expectations for 2022 and 2023 upward and pressuring the central bank to…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government agreed on Monday to modify a tax reform proposal under debate in congress and continue to allow oil and mining companies to deduct royalty payments…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Analysts are split between those who expect Colombia’s central bank to moderately raise its benchmark interest rate next week and others who foresee a…