[New] On the policy side, Colombia's government approved the National AI Policy (CONPES 4144) in early 2025 - a multi-year roadmap through 2030 with 106 specific actions and $115.9 million earmarked to position Colombia as a leader in responsible AI innovation across Latin America.
Alcor Recruitment & EOR for Tech
[New] Colombia will have Presidential elections at the end of May, and investors are becoming hopeful that the next government will be a center right government led by Paloma Valencia.
IMF Spring 2026 Meeting Takeaways | VanEck
[New] Colombia is projected to deliver the fastest CAGR of 18.58% to 2031, propelled by mandatory e-invoicing, contactless metro fares, and its 2025 standalone 5G authorization.
Mordor Intelligence
[New] Colombia has committed to the WHO target of halving air pollution-related health impacts by 2040 (MinAmbiente, 2025).
OECD
[New] Colombia needs to accelerate efficiency and electrification to meet 2030 energy savings and decarbonization targets for buildings, industry and transport9 (IEA, 2023).
OECD
[New] Researchers led by the University of Exeter, working with partners in Colombia and the United States, created a new computer model to examine how sea-level rise could affect carbon storage across entire mangrove forests.
ScienceDaily
[New] For instance, in the Andean corridor spanning Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where informal trade and migration routes facilitate vector movement, cross-border initiatives like the Andean Community's health protocols could integrate ENSO forecasting with community-led surveillance.
PubMed Central (PMC)
[New] Operational presence in Cauca or Narino is required, not preferred; remote-delivered programming run from Bogota or Medellin will not meet the on-the-ground engagement standardUNICEF expects for indigenous-and-Afro-Colombian-majority territories.
Impact Funding
[New] Commitments to the World Refugee Fund would give corporations, foundations, and private philanthropists the opportunity to match one to one any lending on Kiva.org to displaced peoples and host communities from Lebanon to Colombia to Rwanda.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
[New] Fiscal challenges will be large no matter who wins, but a left win would likely lead to further fiscal slippage and pressure on Colombian markets.
US Offshore
[New] Fiji Police Force and the AFP have today launched a Pacific Transnational Crime Summit in Fiji to combat the growing threat of illicit drugs, as a new International Joint Investigations Team will be set up in Colombia to target traffickers.
Australian Federal Police
[New] As the rainy season takes hold across Central America, southern Mexico, Colombia, and much of Brazil, travel risk begins to shift in ways that are often underestimated.
On Call International Blog
[New] The risk landscape for foreign investors in Colombia in 2026 is shaped by three converging factors: a suspended peace process, a contested presidential transition, and elevated fiscal stress.
The Rio Times
US maintains the greatest geopolitical pressure on Cuba and Venezuela, while upholding the threat of unilateral strikes in Mexico and Colombia to combat resilient drug-trafficking networks.
Fitch Solutions
Colombia will assume the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council.
Everything Briefing
Glaciers across Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina are melting at accelerating rates, increasing the risk of both flooding and long-term water shortages.
UN News
Last updated: 20 June 2026
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