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By Javier Andres Rojas TOCANCIPA, Colombia (Reuters) – Colombia’s flower industry is struggling to contend with an aging workforce as youth shun the industry in favor of jobs elsewhere, stifling …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s economy has high growth potential, boosted by agriculture, tourism and interconnectivity between different economic sectors, but will continue to depend on its oil and mining industries, …

By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s central bank is set to raise its key interest rate this week at its final meeting of the year and will be under …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol will invest up to around 30 trillion pesos ($6.2 billion) in 2023, it said on Friday, with the main focus on …

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – The potential collapse of the low-cost Colombian airline Viva could lead to higher fares and the loss of connections to some cities, Avianca’s …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Shares in Nutresa, Colombia’s largest food producer, closed 28.6% lower on Monday following a failed public offer for a large portion of shares in the company. Nutresa …

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Colombian industrial conglomerate Grupo Argos’ third-quarter net profit fell 9.2% from a year earlier, the company said Monday, following a jump in costs and expenses. The …

(Reuters) – Net profit at Grupo SURA, Colombia’s largest investment company, stayed relatively stable in the third quarter compared to the year-ago period as both revenues and costs grew, the …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo has asked the country’s central bank to discuss liquidity in futures markets in its monthly meeting this Friday, he said on …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Further increases to Colombia’s benchmark interest rate may be necessary in the coming months as the central bank tries to bring inflation in line with its 3% …

(Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on Latin American countries to join forces to end the war on drugs during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s congress on Tuesday approved a record budget of 405.6 trillion pesos ($93.3 billion) for next year, including a spending increase meant to fund social programs promised …

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government is open to negotiations to strengthen a proposed tax reform bill it has sent to the Andean country’s congress, President Gustavo Petro told business leaders …

(Reuters) -Colombian industrial conglomerate Grupo Argos’ second-quarter net profit rose 8% from the same period a year before, the company said on Friday, boosted by revenue increases at its cement …

BOGOTA – Interest rate hikes have a limited capacity to rein in accelerating inflation because supply issues are one of the key drivers of consumer price increases, Colombia’s next finance …

By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA – Colombia’s central bank could hike its benchmark interest rate to 9% at its meeting next week, maintaining rate-increase intensity amid persistent inflation while reaching the …

BOGOTA – Shareholders of Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol on Friday approved a plan to shore up the country’s fuel-price stabilization fund (FEPC), as well as an extraordinary dividend …

By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA – Colombia’s leftist firebrand presidential candidate Gustavo Petro is too close in recent polls for the comfort of oil companies and miners who worry that his …

BOGOTA – Flag-carrier Avianca has agreed to merge with Viva, another of Colombia’s most important commercial airlines, while keeping separate branding and strategies, the firms said on Friday. Unifying the …

BOGOTA – Colombia’s February inflation data was a surprise for everyone, including central bank co-director Roberto Steiner, the official said on Wednesday, one of seven people who sits on the …

BOGOTA – Colombia’s central bank will have to front load interest rate hikes in the first half of this year in order to get a grip on inflation and maintain …