Archive for the ‘Colombia’ Category

Colombia Expands Commercial Ties with China Amid Belt and Road Concerns

Via Finance Colombia, an article on Colombia’s growing BRI ties with China: The Colombian government continues to enhance its commercial and industrial ties with China, as evidenced by the recent visit of Luis Carlos Reyes Hernández, Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, to Shanghai. The visit aimed to promote investment opportunities in areas such as […]

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China Invites Colombia To Join BRI

Via South China Morning Post, an article on China’s invitation to Colombia to join the BRI: China has invited Colombia to join the Belt and Road Initiative and is “exploring the possibility of a free-trade agreement” with the South American country, Beijing’s ambassador to Bogota told local media. Zhu Jingyang’s remarks on the China-centred investment and infrastructure scheme spanning […]

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Colombia Looks to Future Without Oil in $40 Billion Transition Plan

Courtesy of Bloomberg, an article on Colombia’s $40 billion energy transition plan: Colombia is set to announce a $40 billion investment plan aimed at replacing fossil-fuel export revenues that are expected to decline after the country ended new oil and gas exploration two years ago. Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s environment minister, said in an interview during New York […]

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Climate Migrants Stand to Overwhelm World’s Megacities

Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how – from Dhaka to São Paulo – already crowded cities are unprepared to absorb people fleeing the effects of climate change. Some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations will see a mass reshuffling of their populations as the extreme environmental and weather events prompt entire communities to migrate […]

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Brazil and Colombia: The Emerging Powers of Offshore Wind?

Via Dialogue Earth, an article on wind energy development in South America: The development of offshore wind energy is entering a defining moment in Latin America, following years of expectation that have raised hopes for the energy source, but which have yet to result in a single turbine operating off the region’s coast. This August, Brazil’s senate plans to vote on […]

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Colombia’s Coming Vanilla Boom

Via The Economist, a report on Colombia’s upcoming vanilla boom: Vanilla is “a product of time and patience”, says Cristian Garcia Murillo. In 2016 his father trained vines around cacao trees on their farm in El Valle, a town on Colombia’s Pacific coast. Last year Mr Murillo sold 50kg of cured pods, partly supplied by local […]

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