The Short Version In short: Your LatAm expat and nomad daily guide for Friday, August 7. Colombia’s markets are closed for the holiday, and Medellín’s Feria builds to Sunday’s silleteros parade. Your LatAm expat nomad daily guide opens on Colombia’s handover day, what its first decrees could mean for consular services, and a quiet market Friday. Closed today. Latest close; the Colombian peso at 3,181, the official rate in force today, the Brazilian real near 5.12.