Update: The Ministry of Mines and Energy of Colombia published on September 18 a new Resolution (number 4-0725) in connection with the call for electricity generation projects through renewable energy sources (Resolution 4-0591). This new resolution establishes an additional automatic award
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Immigrant of the Day: Beto Perez (Colombia)
Beto Perez, Photo by Luis HidalgoYou may not know his name, but you definitely know his moves. Our immigrant of the day, Beto Perez, is the creator of that ubiquitous exercise sensation Zumba.In a recent BBC profile of Perez…
Antitrust News: The International Competition Network Standardizes Due Process Principles for Antitrust and Competition Enforcement Agencies Worldwide
Author: Luis Blanquez
The U.S. Department of Justice recently published that the International Competition Network (“ICN”) has approved the Framework on Competition Agency Procedures (“CAP”), for antitrust enforcement agencies around the world to promote fundamental due…
PROSUR: Chile to Host First Summit for New South American Union Next Month
Following Colombia’s official withdrawal from the intergovernmental regional organization UNASUR (Union of South American Nations), Colombian President Iván Duque announced on January 14 the creation of a new union called PROSUR. President Duque explained that PROSUR would function as an…
Life Difficult for Venezuelan Migrants
From The National Geographic:The Simón Bolívar bridge, connecting the Colombian city of Cúcuta with the Venezuelan city of San Antonio, is packed with people all day long.Soon after the border opens in the early hours of the morning, thousands cross…
Polarized Colombia Elects a New President
Like the United States, Colombia has similarly become very polarized over the past few years. Simply put, this dichotomy involves (1) those who support the former two-term President, and now senator, Álvaro Uribe Vélez (“Uribe”) and his political polices, and…
Drone Helps to Discover $17 Billion in Sunken Treasure
In the early 18th century, on June 18, 1708, the San Jose, one of the largest treasure ships in the Spanish fleet, sunk to the bottom of the ocean as a result of the battles of the War of Spanish…
‘Holy Grail Of Shipwrecks’ Found Near Colombian Coast, Woods Hole Says | WBUR News
A Spanish galleon laden with gold that sank to the bottom of the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago was found three years ago with the help of an underwater autonomous vehicle operated by the…
‘Holy Grail Of Shipwrecks’ Found Near Colombian Coast, Woods Hole Says | WBUR News
A Spanish galleon laden with gold that sank to the bottom of the Caribbean off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago was found three years ago with the help of an underwater autonomous vehicle operated by the…
Here’s What Drinking a Crazy Colombian Aphrodisiac Did to My Body | True Story | OZY
Yeah, yeah, yeah! responded one. Another bobbed his head, but no words came out. The last one a true tub of a man looked down at his pelvic region and made an air-thrust by pumping his two fists. The meat…