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"200 Years of the Heroin Sacrifice". This is one of the legends brought by the new $10,000 coin that will be available to the public from Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Its purpose is to exalt the figure of the most popular heroine of the Independence of Colombia: Policarpa Salavarrieta, as explained by the Bank of the Republic. The obverse of the coin shows the image of Policarpa Salavarrieta, based on an 1855 portrait by the painter José María Espinosa. For its part, the reverse shows the house where 'la Pola' was affected in the town of Guaduas, Cundinamarca. The commemorative…

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At the end of 2022, Colombia closed with inflation of 13.12% in its annual variation, the highest figure since 1999, whose upward rhythm was maintained throughout the year and which led the Banco de la República to raise its rates interest at 12% at its last meeting in 2022. (Will it be necessary to raise interest rates to curb inflation in 2023?). Although the high rates unload the pocket of the majority of Colombians, since it makes credit more expensive, there are alternatives that could be used to take advantage of this situation, through savings. "A CDT or a similar…

Coinciding with the twentieth anniversary of its direct presence in Colombia, the French firm Louis Vuitton decided to increase its commitment to our market with the opening of a 'global store' in the Andino shopping center, in Bogota.As Yves Carcelle, former president of the specific leather goods company, said, a 'global store' is a store where you can get “the same as in Paris and at the same time”, that is, all the brand's production lines. The one in Bogotá is the second location of this type in the region – the one in São Paulo (Brazil) opened seven years…