Colombian President Gustavo Petro's government declared a state of economic and social emergency, arguing that the country ...

Colombia’s government has declared an economic state of emergency that enables President Gustavo Petro’s administration to issue taxes by decree ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's economy grew 2.0% year-on-year in the third quarter, the government's DANE statistics agency said on Monday. The result came in below market expectations of 2.3% in a ...

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Colombian banks, including Grupo Aval, have been negatively impacted by high interest rates, inflation, and sluggish GDP growth. Despite a challenging 2023, 2024 is expected to be a year of recovery ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian Finance Minister German Avila said on Friday that "paralyzing" the economy to comply with the country's fiscal rule is not an option and that the government will take steps ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Monday the country’s minimum wage would increase by 23.7 percent starting in ...

TAGANGA, Colombia – On Colombia's Caribbean coast, a fishing village lies in a cove where green hills meet the turquoise sea. A few years ago, oil companies found natural gas off the coast and now ...

(Bloomberg) -- President Gustavo Petro lashed out at Colombia’s central bank Wednesday evening, saying that the country’s weak economic growth is due to restrictive interest rates that are throttling ...

BOGOTA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Colombia's economy grew 5.2 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago, fueled by a boom in the mining and oil sectors. Resource-rich emerging ...

BOGOTA, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Colombia's economy is forecast to grow 1.8% in 2024, while inflation is expected to slow to 5%, paving the way for the central bank to cut its benchmark interest rate to some ...

A Colombian congressman harshly criticized President Gustavo Petro over his handling of the tariff standoff with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump over the deportation of hundreds of nationals. "Petro's ...