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AL DIA News
April 20, 2018
Candidates for the upcoming presidential elections in Colombia participated in the first national debate on Thursday and agreed on the need to defend the ... The debate was organized by RCN TV and the National Federation of Commerce (Fenalco) in partnership with the Institute of Political Science, theÃÂ ...
Randburg Sun
April 20, 2018
The Embassy of Colombia in South Africa, together with the Randburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), recently hosted a conference at Monash ... On the day, the Colombian embassy brought some of its country's officials and law enforcement agents to share their approach and experience.
ICTSD Bridges News
April 19, 2018
“We also recognise the important role of the WTO in promoting open, transparent, non-discriminatory, and predictable regulatory environments in facilitating electronic commerce,” the statement continued. The new proposals, tabled by Argentina, Colombia, and Costa Rica (JOB/GC/174); New ZealandÃÂ ...
Law360
March 28, 2018
Red Eagle Exploration Ltd. said in a March 21 statement that it has been trying to resolve the dispute through the discussions with Colombia's Ministry of Commerce and the Agency for the Defense of the State for the past year. The dispute stems from a 2014 decision by the South American country'sÃÂ ...
CalvinAyre.com
March 22, 2018
Being the first LatAm country to be strictly regulated by a regulatory body, Coljuegos, Colombia has surely been attracting quite a substantial amount of attention ... telecommunication, e-commerce and banking, strongly committed to technology and widely investing in technology research and development.
Colombia Reports
March 16, 2018
More than 800 businesses sponsored paramilitary groups that committed tens of thousands of human right violations in Colombia, in most cases without ... The report added that the sectors where the relationship was most evident were agriculture (38%), commerce (24%), and oil and mining (10%).
Colombia Reports
March 14, 2018
Foreign direct investment in Colombia went up almost 5% in 2017, the country's central bank announced on Tuesday. ... Important sectors like mining and manufacturing saw an increase in investment in 2017, while other sectors important for employment, like commerce and agriculture, saw investmentÃÂ ...
Finance Colombia
March 10, 2018
Moreover, according to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, last year's all-time high is 68% higher than the foreign revenue of $3.4 billion USD in 2010, right around the time when Colombia's security situation had started to improve enough to begin attracting more international tourists.
Miami Herald
March 5, 2018
The massive migratory flow from a collapsing Venezuela can be measured by the 91,000 people estimated to have crossed Colombia's border on a single day in mid-February or by the pain of Delida, a 46-year-old ... While the licit and illicit commerce across that almost 1,400-mile border is traditional.
Aviation Week
March 2, 2018
WASHINGTON—Wingo, the Colombia-based ultra-LCC affiliate of Panama's Copa Airlines that launched in late 2016, has “surpassed all expectations,” although it has not yet become profitable, Copa CEO Pedro Heilbron said. Speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Aviation Summit here, HeilbronÃÂ ...
Inter Press Service
March 1, 2018
DUBAI, Feb 28 2018 (WAM) - Cesar Gaviria, Former President of Colombia, stated that Dubai is a key international city, which employs innovation and modern ... titled, “Governance of the Future in Latin America,” which was organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gaviria said, “Through the Forum andÃÂ ...
Finance Colombia
February 18, 2018
Late last year, Colombia set an all-time modern monthly record for hotel occupancy rate, with 62.5% of available rooms being filled last November, according to government statistics. The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism (MinCIT) credited the positive results to the increasing number of corporateÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
February 14, 2018
This has taken 210,000 barrels daily of transportation capacity offline, impacting Colombia's already declining production. To make matters worse, the ELN instituted a national three-day armed halt in the territory it controlled, slated to end on February 13, 2018. This was aimed at disrupting local commerceÃÂ ...
Colombia Reports
December 31, 1999
Colombia needs a tourism ministry to take full advantage of the growing number of foreign visitors, representatives from the industry say. During the past seven years, the number of international visitors has increased by 150%, according to the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism with a recordÃÂ ...
Markets Insider
December 31, 1999
"This export of rice is in line with our policy of diversification of the exportable supply, but also shows the deepening of our Trade Agreement with Canada, where the income of this product is tax-free," said the Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Mar?a Lorena Gutierrez. Meanwhile, theÃÂ ...
The Bogota Post
December 31, 1999
2015: The Colombian Minister of Foreign Relations and China's Ambassador in Colombia sign an agreement on economic and technical cooperation. ... “The Colombian government,” says Jaime Suarez, executive director for the Colombian Chinese Investment and Commerce Chamber, “is adopting aÃÂ ...
Jacobin magazine
December 31, 1999
A little over one year ago, Colombian president Manuel Santos pushed through a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP), ending a decades-long war and transitioning FARC from a guerilla army to a legal political party. He did so despite the original deal'sÃÂ ...
LSE Latin America and Caribbean (blog)
December 31, 1999
... in Colombia, I had the opportunity to interview many of Fajardo's key allies and former members of his local coalition Citizen's Commitment (Compromiso Ciudadano). Initially a broad coalition of NGOs, social movements, local business elites, and even the chamber of commerce, the Compromiso aimedÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
December 31, 1999
"That situation constitutes an obstacle for him and any Colombian, but have absolute certainty that banks don't take sides," Castro said. "We have to see what is Petro's case." In 2016, a decision was made by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce to freeze Petro's personal account for changingÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
They already have to cope with smuggled subsidized Venezuelan goods damaging local commerce, and have grown tired of job-seekers and lending their bathrooms to migrants. Spooked by police raids, migrants in Maicao have abandoned the parks and bus stations where they had makeshift camps,ÃÂ ...
Newsweek
February 27, 2018
More than 500,000 have fled to Colombia—many illegally—hoping to escape grinding poverty, rising violence and shortages of food and medicine in the .... They already have to cope with smuggled subsidized Venezuelan goods damaging local commerce, and have grown tired of job-seekers and lendingÃÂ ...
Business Insider
February 26, 2018
They already have to cope with smuggled subsidized Venezuelan goods damaging local commerce, and have grown tired of job-seekers and lending their bathrooms to migrants. Spooked by police raids, migrants in Maicao have abandoned the parks and bus stations where they had makeshift camps, opting to sleepÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
February 25, 2018
"That situation constitutes an obstacle for him and any Colombian, but have absolute certainty that banks don't take sides," Castro said. "We have to see what is Petro's case." In 2016, a decision was made by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce to freeze Petro's personal account for changingÃÂ ...
Finance Colombia
February 18, 2018
Late last year, Colombia set an all-time modern monthly record for hotel occupancy rate, with 62.5% of available rooms being filled last November, according to government statistics. The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism (MinCIT) credited the positive results to the increasing number of corporateÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
February 15, 2018
This has taken 210,000 barrels daily of transportation capacity offline, impacting Colombia's already declining production. To make matters worse, the ELN instituted a national three-day armed halt in the territory it controlled, slated to end on February 13, 2018. This was aimed at disrupting local commerceÃÂ ...
ArabianBusiness.com
February 14, 2018
The forum will also feature a panel examining Latin America's fast-growing tourism markets which will be joined by Maria Claudia Lacouture, Executive Director of AmCham Colombia and the country's Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism; along with Gerald Lawless, Chairman of the WorldÃÂ ...
Belarus News (BelTA)
February 14, 2018
Evgeny Shestakov is on a working visit to Colombia on 12-14 February. The diplomat held meetings with Deputy Minister of National Defense Jose Javier Perez, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Patti Londono and also representatives of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, the export andÃÂ ...
The City Paper Bogota
February 13, 2018
According to a resolution by the country's Superintendent of Industry and Commerce (SIC), Terpel must sell 700 ExxonMobil fuel service stations to a third party in order to pay-back the loan, as well as sell a production plant near Bucaramanga. Terpel S.A also provides octane grade aviation gasoline for theÃÂ ...
TPC News
February 12, 2018
The simplification of procedures will give greater dynamism to the betting and gaming sector, as well as greater capacity for collecting the Colombian State. “ It must be said that not only the Ministry of Finance and its associated entities have joined the campaign proposed by the Commerce portfolio, sinceÃÂ ...
American Security News
February 12, 2018
It ranks the IP systems in Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,ÃÂ ...
Mashable
February 2, 2018
In the United States, some 70% of cut flowers actually come from Colombia . That means if you order them online, there's a good chance that's where they've been grown. They go from a Colombian farm to a local distributor to an international distributor, and then to the website. There are even moreÃÂ ...
AllGov
January 29, 2018
Camilo Reyes, was appointed Colombia's ambassador to the United States in May 2017 and presented his credentials to President Donald Trump on July 21, 2017. Reyes, who most recently worked seven years as executive director of the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce, succeeds JuanÃÂ ...
Norman Weekly
January 26, 2018
Gran Tierra Energy Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of gas and oil properties in Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. The company has market cap of $1.13 billion. As of December 31, 2016, the firm had total proved undeveloped reservesÃÂ ...
Nearshore Americas
January 23, 2018
Gen E has even gained the attention of the local chamber of commerce and, several members were invited to speak at an event in October, explaining how to cultivate new businesses in Cartagena. More than anything, stated De La Vega, “everyone in Gen E supports each other. We show up to eachÃÂ ...
Benzinga
January 19, 2018
Wonder Women Of Weed is a weekly column featuring accomplished female leaders in the cannabis industry. Yvonne DeLaRosa Green, a former TV and film actress turned marijuana entrepreneur, was the first to obtain a cannabis business license in Los Angeles. Yvonne DeLaRosa asked if I'm familiarÃÂ ...
Lexology
January 16, 2018
This system should require that any such breach (and details of any measures taken to minimise its impact) be reported to the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce and the data subjects in question. While notifying data subjects is not mandatory, it is suggested best practice under the accountabilityÃÂ ...
FreshPlaza
January 13, 2018
The future for Colombiaôs exports of Hass avocados to the United States is very promising and ICA, as well as other government entities such as the Presidency of Colombia, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ProColombia and PTPà...
The Guardian
January 3, 2018
Armed with our information, the education secretariat and Colombia Compra Eficiente complained to the market regulator, the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce. It initiated an investigation looking into the allegation that companies were exaggerating the cost of fresh fruit by a staggering 50%.
Fence Post
January 3, 2018
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Tuesday announced that, in response to petitions from Archer Daniels Midland Company, Cargill, and Tate & Lyle, the government had found that Belgium, Colombia and Thailand had dumped citric acid and certain citrate salts in the United States, and their productsÃÂ ...
Finance Colombia
December 31, 1999
The Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism (MinCIT) has planned to execute 15 different tourism infrastructure projects in 2018 with an investment of around $20 million USD at today's exchange rate (57 billion pesos). Though this is substantially below the 161 billion pesos the ministryÃÂ ...
YourStory.com
December 27, 2017
Many observers first thought e-commerce was not suited for emerging economies since they do not have the robust infrastructure and institutions of mature economies. “The weaker the institutions, the greater the opportunity for e-commerce to take root,” counters Porter, citing Colombia and Nigeria asÃÂ ...
Finance Colombia
December 27, 2017
According to the two companies, they “have reached a satisfactory resolution of the complaint filed by PharmaCielo against Khiron with the Colombia Superintendent of Industry and Commerce” (Superindustria). The resolution includes PharmaCielo accepting “the settlement terms provided” by Khiron,ÃÂ ...
STRATFOR
December 20, 2017
The Colombian Ministry of Commerce issued a decree Dec. 19 that grants preferential tariff access to Colombian industrial product exports to Mercosur countries, W Radio reported. The decree provisionally applies the Economic Complementation Agreement executed at the Mercosur meeting in July andÃÂ ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
December 18, 2017
Jacki Dezelski, president and CEO of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce, worked with her predecessor, Bob Bartz, for 20 years. .... We partnered with the International Trade Hub at Port Manatee to host business representatives and government officials from Spain, Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica,ÃÂ ...
Finance Colombia
December 17, 2017
Direct sales to the consumer (including e-commerce, home delivery, virtual kiosks, and Market Place) recorded a growth of over 20% in Colombia and the alliance with Rappi, a popular digital delivery startup for restaurants, grocery stores, and other errands. Giraldo said that the debt will remain at $1.5ÃÂ ...
Finance Colombia
December 11, 2017
For four days, the festival was celebrated in Villavieja in the picturesque Tatacoa Desert region by organizing groups including the Astronomers Association of Colombia (ASASAC). Fontur, a federal tourism promotion agency, and the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism (MinCIT) alsoÃÂ ...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
December 6, 2017
Mark Dayton and sessions with representatives of two flagship Minnesota firms doing business in Colombia: 3M and Cargill. The ambassador, a career diplomat who also served as executive director of the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce, describes a nation “in a transitional time,” one workingÃÂ ...
chinadialogue
December 1, 2017
Chinese firms were cautiously optimistic about the improvements in Colombia's investment environment. According to analysis by the China International Chamber of Commerce for the Private Sector, mining, travel and agriculture would be open for investment, but companies should be wary of violent ...
Vogue.com
November 30, 2017
She's been in business for 25 years, with a healthy brick-and-mortar presence across Colombia, Spain, and Miami, plus a bridal atelier, a home collection, and ... But when her son Mauricio joined the family business a few years back, he saw the potential and longevity of e-commerce: “We really believe in ...
Nearshore Americas
November 29, 2017
... Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, were founded in Bogota first before expanding to Medellin. Innpulsa tracks and analyzes entrepreneurship across the country, creating in-depth investigative reports and helpful resources. Its interactive map of startups in Colombia shows Bogota as the center ...
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