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		<title>Truckers Striking, Washington Eyeing, China Vying, and Billionaires Buying – This Week In Colombia Law &amp; Business</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2011/02/19/truckers-striking-washington-eyeing-china-vying-and-billionaires-buying-%e2%80%93-this-week-in-colombia-law-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask anyone who lives in Bogotá, the biggest problem in daily life – leaving aside this year’s seasonal rains that came early, stayed late, and would not stop – is transportation. Visitors arriving at the expanding El Dorado Airport (did it expand enough?) have a long slow ride on the Avenida El Dorado due to construction.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=1849&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Santos Formally Presents Proposed Law of First Employment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Santos formally presented Congress with his proposed “Law of Formal Employment,” which is a bold attempt to increase employment in the formal economy.  As I explained in my post on the new “Law of First Employment,” the bill will create incentives (tax breaks, financing options, and the like) to encourage creation of small businesses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=1817&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Colombian Global Market Opens – Trades International Securities on the BVC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿The Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC) is Colombia’s stock exchange, but since November it has joined forces with the Chilean and Peruvian exchanges, creating a platform for trading in all three countries of issues registered in any of the three countries. In a separate new development, 21 issues of international securities can now be traded on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=1704&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Proposed &#8220;Law of First Employment&#8221; &#8211; Towards Formalization, Through Incentives, A National Database, and Regulatory Reforms</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/12/18/the-law-of-first-employment-towards-formalization-through-incentives-a-national-database-and-regulatory-reforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great challenges facing the modernizing Colombia is the formalization of employment. Proponents of the US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement and other free trade deals have argued they will bring about more and better employment, boosting trade and development. Informal employment has cost the health care financing system in Colombia dearly, while formal employment [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=1699&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government Announces Measures To Relieve Currency Pressures and Defend Employment</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/11/09/government-announces-measures-to-relieve-currency-pressures-and-defend-employment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tip of my hat to Clayton Steele and her enterprising colleagues at Posse Herrera &#38; Ruiz abogados, who brought to my attention the following announcement of measures to ease upward pressure on the USD:COP. From the National Planning Department Translation by iGoogle/Hunter Carter   Bulletin 122 GOVERNMENT PACKAGE TO RELIEVE CURRENCY EXCHANGE PRESSURES AND [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=1686&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latin Business Chronicle Says Multinationals Are Upbeat on Colombia</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2010/02/13/latin-business-chronicle-says-multinationals-are-upbeat-on-colombia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Colombia: Positive Business Outlook&#8221; says Latin Business Chronicle, citing its own survey of seven foreign firms such as Intel, SABMiller, and Chevron, notwithstanding uncertainty as to whether President Uribe will be elected to a third term. Filed under: Economy<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=1202&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economists&#8217; Forecast for Colombia</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/09/16/economists-provide-solid-forecast-for-colombia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alberto Bernal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gabriel Torres]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pro-business government policies account for the fact that Colombia avoided a recession during the global economic crisis, according to three economists who addressed today in New York the Andean Economic &#38; Financial Outlook 2010.  They say the same factors account for sustained high levels of foreign direct investment and an outlook for prolonged economic and political stability. Some caution [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=891&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Look At Colombia? Part II &#8211; Getting the Facts</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/08/28/why-look-at-colombia-part-ii-getting-the-facts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the point of view of law and business, accurate information is important. Will foreign investors, tourists, and even social justice groups, have the facts they need to do their work? If so, what legal regimes will help &#8211; and which need to be fixed -  in order to facilitate peaceful and constructive development?  Groups like Foundation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=816&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Look At Colombia? Has The Country Transformed?</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/08/27/why-look-at-colombia-has-the-country-transformed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people hear  &#8220;Colombia&#8221; they still think about drug-fueled violence.  That stain is deep, but fading: data prove that Colombia is radically transforming, perhaps as extensively as Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall or China after the advent of free markets.  Compelling statistics paint a story of social transformation through greatly reduced violence, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=782&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion Week: Notes from ColombiaModa in Medellin</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/07/28/fashion-week-notes-from-colombiamoda-in-medellin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months ago the hottest tickets in Medellin were to hear U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner or Bill Clinton address the InterAmerican Development Bank’s 50thAnnual Summit Meeting, but this week the long lines are to see the stunning models and hot fashions on the runway during ColombiaModa&#8217;s fashion week.  Colombia’s busy fashion industry designers and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=751&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Americas Society Announces June 17 Conference &#8220;Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street: International Contagion and Domestic Recovery&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/05/07/americas-society-announces-june-17-conference-colombia-in-the-eyes-of-wall-street-international-contagion-and-domestic-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogota, June 17 Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street: International Contagion and Domestic Recovery Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Registration and breakfast: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Presentations and discussions: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. InterContinental Hotel Tequendama Confirmed speakers*: H.E. Alvaro Uribe Vélez, President, Republic of Colombia H.E. Oscar [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=375&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Lies Ahead in 2009?</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/04/22/what-lies-ahead-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting items in the news show the struggle to assess the direction of the current economic climate in Colombia. Stimulus Plan Unveiled For Consumer Mortgages Bankers Are Pleased With Mortgage Stimulus Plan Oil Services Investments in &#8217;09 Are Expected to Fall Oil Revenues in Colombia Anticipated to Fall by Half Nouriel Roubini Sees &#8220;Difficult&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=268&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movers and Shakers: Angela Maria Camacho (Microsoft) and Andres Otero (Kroll)</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/04/03/movers-and-shakers-angela-maria-camacho-microsoft-and-andres-otero-kroll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Colombians in the news, according to Latin Finance, are Angela Maria Camacho, at Microsoft, now head of legal and corporate director for Latin America, and Andres Otero, who moved from Kroll Consulting&#8217;s Bogota office to its Miami office to head Latin America for Kroll. According to Latin Finance: Ángela María Camacho has been named [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=130&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inter-American Development Bank Meets in Medellín</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/03/29/inter-american-development-bank-meets-in-medellin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would happen if you called a major economic summit meeting in a city once notorious for its violence as a worldwide economic recession rages? As it turns out, an enormously important and successful summit, and a lot of changed opinions. The 50th Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) took place this weekend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=67&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LA Times Reports Medellin Cleans Up Its Act</title>
		<link>http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/03/29/la-times-reports-medellin-cleans-up-its-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hunter Carter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Add the L.A. Times to the growing list of major news institutions heralding how the people of Colombia have turned a corner on the violence. As usual, the 90+% drop in the murder rate is featured. And the famously clean, quiet Metro and skyward Metrocable. This story also features a link between the IADB meeting and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=colombialawbiz.com&#038;blog=7145362&#038;post=45&#038;subd=colombialawbiz&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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