Economy

Ecopetrol cannot import gas from Venezuela without US license, warns Minister of Mines

The Minister of Mines and Energy, Edwin Palma, warned that Colombia could not import natural gas from Venezuela through Ecopetrol due to the lack of a license granted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, an entity of the United States government that regulates economic sanctions on the neighboring country.

US companies demand compensation for Trump's global tariffs

US companies are demanding compensation following the Supreme Court's decision to invalidate a large portion of Donald Trump's global tariffs, a move that could result in multi-million dollar refunds for importers and manufacturers.

Mining in Nicaragua

Special Note from the Attorney General's Office regarding malicious speculations published in the media to misinform, distort, and disqualify.

Cafetería La Maylú: an icon in the municipality of Andes with 57 years that could say goodbye

At the end of Cafetería Maylú, on the right corner, sitting and a little upright, is don Mauro de Jesús Bedoya Agudelo, its founder, reading the printed edition of El Colombiano with the help of glasses. It is almost noon on Monday and the municipality of Andes is scorched by a biting sun that portends rain, but the coolness of that place is the same as that of this 88-year-old man, who meticulously follows with his gaze the many paragraphs of a regional news story.

Nicaragua Recovers Competitiveness After US Supreme Court Ruling Nullifies 18% Tariffs

Trump announces a new global tariff of 15% that applies to Nicaragua, and the country competes on equal footing with its Central American neighbors.

"Blue Mom" started her business during the pandemic and today helps other businesses shine in Cartagena

Her youngest son's autism diagnosis and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 motivated Karen Guavita to start a business to help other women in Cartagena and accompany her little Maximiliano in his treatment.

France, along with other European Union countries, analyzes the consequences of new US tariffs

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday celebrated the Supreme Court's ruling, which he believes shows that there are "checks and balances in democracies." Photo: EFE

Ecuador initiates talks with the US after changes in its tariff policy

Agency 02.21.2026 16:24 Updated: 02.21.2026 16:24

New housing grew 4.6 times more in Barranquilla than in the rest of the country

According to the closing balance for 2025 presented by Camacol Atlántico, new housing sales in Barranquilla registered significant growth compared to 2024, widely exceeding the national average and consolidating the city as an engine of the real estate market in the department of Atlántico.

Trump goes for more: US president announced he would raise the global tariff from 10% to 15%

US President Donald Trump would impose global tariffs of 15%. Photo: AFP

How do Medellín's 20 independent publishers survive?

To the dream of starting a rock band or a friends' bar, Medellin residents who went through humanities faculties have added starting an independent publishing house. Among other things, this responds to a library system, which has made books present in the daily lives of Paisas; and to reading, writing, and oral skills plans, which various district administrations have supported with ups and downs.

Forced investments: what they are and what this project insisted on by President Petro consists of

They are a regulatory mechanism through which the State demands that banks and other credit entities allocate a proportion of the resources they capture. Photo: Istock