Colombia State Council challenges judges’ pension cap
Colombia’s State Council is seeking to shield the judicial branch from the application of a Supreme Court law capping congressional pensions at $7,800 or 25 times the country’s minimum wage.
Colombia’s State Council is seeking to shield the judicial branch from the application of a Supreme Court law capping congressional pensions at $7,800 or 25 times the country’s minimum wage.
When Colombia’s congressional economic committee approved the 2015 budget on Wednesday, Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas probably sighed relief after an intense and complicated campaign to see the proposal pass. The $108…
A peace deal with Colombia’s major rebel group, the FARC, would add 1-2% to the country’s GDP, according to the government.
Colombian bank Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, the largest by assets in all of Spanish speaking Latin America, this week became the country’s 12th company to list on the NYSE.
The Colombian peso continued its decline on Monday, hitting the 2,000 peso-to-dollar mark for the first time since March 20, depreciating 3.6% over the past month.
With the number of foreign visitors heading to Colombia growing every year, the country’s trade ministry is cracking down on informal businesses offering tourism-related services.
Colombia’s trade with the world has been growing at record levels but continues to show a deficit, according to government statistics agency DANE.
Colombia’s economy grew 4.28% in the second quarter, buoyed by strong performance in the construction sector, according to Colombian statistics agency DANE.
Colombia’s National University has taken the top of the list of a recent ranking carried out by college research group Saipens Research.