Colombia’s 100 Biggest Firms Now Earn as Much as the Whole Economy
Colombia largest companies generated $538bn in 2025—99.9% of GDP. Top 100 earned $178bn, profits surged 13% as Ecopetrol led mining...
June 30, 2026Topic
Colombia
Two Jets, Two Camps: The Fighter Race Quietly Splitting South America
How South America split into two rival fighter-jet camps, one built around Sweden and Brazil, the other around the United...
June 26, 2026 Colombia’s Stock Market Plunges After a Thin Election Win
Colombia's COLCAP index plunged 4.38% to 2,393.30 on June 22, making it Latin America's worst performer as thin election margins...
June 23, 2026
Colombia’s Stock Market Surges to a Fresh High as Banks Lead Before the Vote
Colombia's COLCAP jumped 1.22% to 2,406.14 on June 18, a fresh multi-month high, as banks surged ahead of the June...
June 22, 2026
Bogotá Bets on Comic Con to Become a Convention Capital
Comic Con Colombia returns to Bogotá on June 26, the centerpiece of a push to turn the capital into Latin...
June 21, 2026
Nutresa Buys Ecuador Chocolate Icon Despite Colombia Trade War
Colombia's Nutresa is buying La Universal, Ecuador's oldest chocolate maker, even as a trade war freezes goods between the two...
June 21, 2026
World Cup 2026: South America’s Six and the Money on the Line
Six South American teams have already secured about US$63 million in combined prize money for the 2026 World Cup. Reaching...
June 21, 2026
Netflix Turned Macondo Real, and Tourists Are Flocking to Aracataca
Is Macondo a real place? The town is Aracataca, where Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in 1927, now drawing travelers...
June 20, 2026
Colombia’s Markets Bet on a Pro-Business Win Before Sunday’s Vote
The Colombian peso is the region's strongest this year as investors bet on a pro-business win in Sunday's runoff. See...
June 20, 2026