Economy

Electronic commerce transactions worldwide grew 28% in 2025, according to ACI Worldwide

Portafolio Journalist 02/09/2026 12:47 Updated: 02/09/2026 12:47

Airline will fly to Venezuela again: which one and from when will the route reopen?

Starting February 23, LATAM Airlines Colombia will resume commercial flights between Bogotá and Caracas, marking the airline's return to Venezuela.

Inflation rebound in January boosts interest in CDs as a savings alternative

CDs, in some cases, reached levels close to 12% effective annual. Photo: Image generated with artificial intelligence-CHATGPT

Colombia Consolidates Itself as the Second Country in Latin America in International Air Reservations

Venezuela lost almost two-thirds of its air frequencies in the last two weeks Photo: EFE

China and the Economic Mirage: Laureano Ortega, Trade Imbalance, Opaque Investments, and Family Power

Since the Ortega-Murillo regime broke relations with Taiwan and re-established ties with China in 2021, Laureano Ortega Murillo has become the main operator of an alliance that projects more political propaganda than economic benefits. In less than five years, Nicaragua signed agreements with Chinese companies for over 1 billion dollars in infrastructure, energy, and logistics projects that remain unfulfilled or advance without transparency. The trade balance has tilted unevenly: for every dollar Nicaragua manages to sell to the Asian giant, Managua buys 15.

The millionaire investment that Bavaria and Canpack will allocate to a new packaging plant in Malambo, Atlántico

The new factory will create around 150 direct jobs Photo: Courtesy Bavaria

Cencosud, Chilean owner of Jumbo, Easy, and Metro chains, reports relevant results in Colombia

The company anticipates a positive scenario in the markets where it operates. Photo: Courtesy

Public entities signed contracts for $37 trillion before the entry into force of the Guarantees Law

61% of the contracting was carried out by territorial entities Photo: iStock

Regime hands over almost 40,000 hectares of mining concessions to Chinese company

Nicaragua Xinzin Linze Minería Group S.A. will have two new extensions to exploit metallic and non-metallic minerals in Nicaragua

One in five private schools operates below 50% capacity, increasing the risk of closures in the country

98% of the country's private schools operate below their installed capacity. Photo: iStock

Venezuela increases oil production in the Orinoco Belt: approaching one million barrels per day

Venezuela's state-owned oil company, PDVSA, reversed most of the production cuts it had ordered in its own oil fields and joint ventures in the country's main oil region, the Orinoco Belt, which has raised the country's total production to about 1 million barrels per day (bpd), [...]

The paths to democratizing the economy in the country

The paths to democratizing the economy in the country