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GO-Invest, Procolombia formalise partnership to advance regional trade, investment
Guyana Chronicle
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July 30, 2025
IN a move aimed at deepening regional economic integration, the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) has entered a formal partnership with Procolombia, the national investment and trade promotion agency of the Republic of Colombia. According...
Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams
Rest of World
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July 30, 2025
Chemistry teacher María Intencipa misses the good old days — last year — when her small school in rural Colombia was sheltered from the artificial intelligence revolution by its remoteness. José Gregorio Salas Rural High School, where she works,...
Ex-president Álvaro Uribe of Colombia Is convicted of bribery
The San Juan Daily Star - Puerto Rico
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July 30, 2025
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe in Medellín, Colombia, Nov. 9, 2020. Uribe, Colombia’s conservative former president who shaped the country’s politics more than anyone over the past 25 years, was found guilty on Monday, July 28, 2025, of...
Ex-Colombian president Álvaro Uribe guilty of witness-tampering
Ghanaian Times
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July 30, 2025
World July 30, 2025 1 minute read Álvaro Uribe has become the first former Colombian president to be convicted of a crime. A court in Bogotá found the 73-year-old, who was president from 2002 to 2010, guilty of witness-tampering and a fraud...
Canada’s Victoria Mboko advances to third round of National Bank Open
Sportsnet
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July 30, 2025
Toronto's Victoria Mboko is one of just two Canadians remaining in the women's singles bracket at the National Bank Open presented by Rogers. In Tuesday night's match, 18-year-old Mboko defeated 23rd-seeded American Sofia Kenin 6-2, 6-3 in 80...
Luis Diaz transfer to Bayern Munich complete as Liverpool bank huge profit
Liverpool Echo
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July 30, 2025
Luis Diaz has completed a move to Bayern Munich in a deal worth £65.5m for Liverpool. The Colombia international sat out Saturday's friendly defeat to AC Milan in Hong Kong due to the interest from Bayern and after flying to Japan as part of the...
Ambassador of Mongolia presents credentials to President of Colombia
AKIpress News Agency
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July 30, 2025
AKIPRESS.COM - Non-resident Ambassador of Mongolia to Colombia Zoljargal Seseer presented a Letter of Credence to President of Colombia Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego on July 24, Montsame reported. Ambassador Zoljargal Seeser conveyed the...
Colombian Political Leaders Urge Respect for Judiciary Following Historic Uribe Conviction Amid Electoral Tensions
teleSUR
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July 30, 2025
Humberto de la Calle calls for national and international respect for judiciary following Uribe verdict. Photo: Archive / Palace of Justice Colombia / EFE. July 29, 2025 Hour: 9:10 pm Colombian politicians across the spectrum call for respect of...
Sri Lanka’s Seylan Bank net up 20-pct in June
EconomyNext
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July 30, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – A tsunami warning has been issued for Russia, Pacific Islands and South American costs after an 8.7 magnitude earquake off the East Coast of Russia. Waves as high as 3 meters could hit some coasts, the warning from the Pacific...
Eugenie Bouchard Upsets Seed in First Round of National Bank Open
Times News Global
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July 30, 2025
TORONTO, Canada — Eugenie Bouchard emerged victorious in her first-round match at the National Bank Open on Monday night, defeating Colombia’s Emiliana Arango 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. This win came as a surprise as Bouchard announced earlier this month that...
Coffee lovers, importers await impact of trade tariffs
China Daily Global
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Farm employees work during the coffee harvest in Braganca Paulista, Brazil, in April. ANDRE PENNER/AP For many people in the United States, waking up and making a cup of coffee is part of their daily routine. But amid a brewing global trade war, a...
Avianca Now Offers a Free 24-Hour Stopover in Bogotá—Here's How To Make the Most of It
Conde Nast Traveler
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July 29, 2025
Travelers can now experience one of South America’s most culturally rich and bustling capitals as a free perk on their next flight. Colombia-based airline Avianca has just begun offering 24-hour stopovers in its home city of Bogotá. Airline...
Fernandez unhappy with scheduling turnaround after opening-round exit at National Bank Open
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 29, 2025
Leylah Fernandez, Bianca Andreescu and Rebecca Marino are all out of the National Bank Open. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., lost 6-4, 6-1 to Australia's Maya Joint in the first round on Tuesday, not long after Andreescu withdrew from the tournament...
Cayman: Chamber of Commerce Small Biz Bootcamp, 6,7,8 August
I News Cayman
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July 29, 2025
July 29, 2025 – GEORGE TOWN, CAYMAN ISLANDS — The Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) SheTrades Caribbean Regional Hub is collaborating with the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce and the Cayman Islands Centre for Business Development to host a...
Colombia’s prosecution asks nine-year prison sentence for Uribe
Colombia Reports
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July 29, 2025
Prosecutor Marlene Orjuela asked the court to sentence Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe to nine years in prison on Monday. Additionally, the prosecutor asked judge Sandra Heredia to fine Uribe for $400,000 for bribing witnesses in order to...
UFI launches Business Mission to Bogotá and LATAM
EN
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July 29, 2025
UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry, has opened registration for its Business Mission to Colombia and LATAM, which will take place 14-15 October to Bogotá, hosted by Corferias. UFI’s first Mission in the region serves two...
New agreement inked to boost Guyana-Colombia economic relations
News Room
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July 29, 2025
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Tuesday between the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) and Procolombia to boost economic relations between Guyana and Colombia. Signing the document were GO-Invest’s Chief Investment Officer,...
Colombia Boosts Security for Judge Who Found Ex-President Uribe Guilty of Fraud and Bribery
teleSUR
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Judge Sandra Heredia, July 28, 2025. X/ @ElizbethCristi7 July 29, 2025 Hour: 12:10 pm On Monday, Colombia’s National Protection Unit (UNP) reinforced the security detail for Judge Sandra Heredia, who issued a ruling declaring former President...
‘Worrisome Precedent’: Marco Rubio Denounces Colombia Convicting Conservative ex-President
Breitbart
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July 29, 2025
A Colombian judge on Monday convicted conservative former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez on charges of abuse of process and bribery of a public official in a trial widely denounced as irregular by local and international politicians and his...
Medellín’s Mayor Says Colombian Government Ignoring Offers To Help Solve Overcrowding At International Airport
Finance Colombia
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July 29, 2025
The Mayor’s Office of Medellín has publicly reiterated its offer to provide logistical and human resource support to the national government to alleviate severe delays in immigration processing at José María Córdova International Airport...