Colombia’s Handover Audit Begins: The Concerns That Matter for Residents
Colombia handover empalme 2026 starts today: 1,200 people at 22 tables audit fiscal gaps, energy crisis and health before the...
July 7, 2026Section
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Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — July 7, 2026
Colombia Markets July 7, 2026: COLCAP fell 0.25% to 2,290 as Ecopetrol plunged 8.5% and Cibest dropped 5.3%, while the...
July 7, 2026
Colombia’s Next President Moves to Restore Ties With Israel
Colombia Israel relations are set to be restored after president-elect De la Espriella called Herzog on July 2. A Jerusalem...
July 6, 2026
Jorge Eduardo Mora Named Colombia Defense Minister 2026
Jorge Eduardo Mora, a retired hardline general, becomes Colombia defense minister in 2026 after calling the outgoing peace policy a...
July 6, 2026
Cartagena’s Airbnb Hosts Earned Nearly $120 Million Last Year
Cartagena Airbnb hosts in Colombia's Bolívar region earned over 398 billion pesos (about $119M) in 2025, up more than twenty...
July 6, 2026
Bogotá’s First Metro Train Is Finally Rolling
Bogotá metro Line 1 is now running test laps on the viaduct after an 80-year wait, with commercial service targeted...
July 6, 2026
How Medellín’s Cable Cars Rewired a Whole City
The Medellín metrocable links six cable-car lines into the metro, and the newest line alone carried nine million passengers in...
July 6, 2026
A Legendary Bogotá Rock Festival Returns This Month
Concierto de Conciertos returns to Parque Simón Bolívar in July for its 38th edition, featuring Manuel Medrano, Los Prisioneros and...
July 6, 2026
Colombia’s Next President Bets First on Urban Security
Colombia's president-elect will make a Colombia security bloc his first decree on August seventh, a move mayors welcome but the...
July 6, 2026