Colombia Travel News

Canada's many forays into free-trade talks across the globe are not the ineffective scatter-gun approach described by critics, but an effort to set up "gateways" to the world's biggest trading blocs, says International Trade Minister Ed Fast.

U.S. officials are equally excited, saying U.S. businesses have improved their sales to the South American country by 20 percent.

Pemex is meeting fixed-income investors this week in South America, having added the trip to US and European roadshows.

Latin America is fond of carving itself up into an alphabet soup of regional trading blocs and political configurations.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is greeted by Peruvian President Ollanta Humala at Government Palace in Lima on May 22, 2013.

When President Barack Obama came into office, one of his priorities was to push forward and implement the U.S.-Colombia trade promotion agreement.

During his trip to Peru and Colombia this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend the Pacific Alliance Leaders' Summit in Cali, Colombia.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Peru and then to Colombia for trade talks this week - after he speaks to his caucus about a growing Senate expense scandal that claimed his chief of staff over the weekend.

Former U.S. President Clinton visited Colombia last week, meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos and visiting Bogota, where Mayor Gustavo Petro showed him around the city in an electric taxi.

As a child in Bogota, Edmar Castaneda and his sister took folk dance classes. Their mother made sure of that.

By Mario Salazar / Washington Times - Visiting Colombia, one of the most Catholic countries in the world, after a few years is a reminder of how pervasive religion is in this country.

Thank you to our organizers today: Camilo Reyes and everyone at the American Chamber of Commerce.

"You should be getting red fruits with flower notes and, of course, some acidity," says Jaime Duque, the owner of E&D Cafe, a specialty roaster and "coffee lab" in BogotA , Colombia.

Colombia's new tourism campaign to be unveiled at the Business Matchmaking Forum in Miami, FL on May 14 in a destination presentation with over 55 American Companies and 64 Colombian travel agents and Tour Operators Building on solid tourism numbers in 2012, Proexport Colombia predicts to receive close to 2 million of tourists visiting Colombia in ... (more)

Despite the fact that 98.16 percent of California is experiencing moderate drought conditions, flower production in the state is on track to meet the demand for Mother's Day.

ROUGH CUT STORY: Fashionistas took a whirlwind tour through time on Tuesday as designers from all over the world displayed their Autumn-Winter 2013/14 creations at Colombia's Fashion Week, under the theme "Evolution". Designers from the Netherlands, the United States, Colombia and Estonia took part in joint a runway show called "Plataforma B ... (more)

US Vice-President Joseph Biden yesterday announced that he will visit Trinidad and Tobago during the week of May 26 as part of his travel in the region.

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The Colombian Senate's Fifth Committee has approved a draft bill to end the use of animals in traveling circuses.

The White House says Peru's President Ollanta Humala and Chile's President Sebastian Pinera will visit travel to Washington in June and meet with President Barack Obama .

If you are heading for Bogota, Colombia , then know that there are some sights here you should not miss.