Colombia widens budget gap blaming Venezuelan migration
Colombia’s government widened the 2019 fiscal gap from 2.4% to 2.7% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) “to address the cost of the Venezuelan migration,” according to the finance…
Colombia’s government widened the 2019 fiscal gap from 2.4% to 2.7% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) “to address the cost of the Venezuelan migration,” according to the finance…
Dozens of iconic “palenquera” fruit sellers took to the streets in Cartagena on Tuesday, claiming that the city’s police are denying their right to work. The protest of the folkloric…
An expert commission has given the go-ahead for fracking pilot projects in Colombia, despite President Ivan Duque’s promise not to use the controversial method and questions about the legitimacy of…
Once the ceremonial meetings with United States government officials were over, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque was able to turn his attention to an agenda where he might have some influence:…
Colombia has been warned by the international economic organization OECD to revive its manufacturing industry as the body highlighted major “structural deficiencies” within the existing economy. A report entitled “Production…
Unemployment in Colombia increased for the third consecutive year in 2018 and reached 9.7%, its highest level since 2012, according to the country’s statistics agency. The urban unemployment rate rose…
Unemployment among women in Colombia is almost 70% higher than among men, numbers released by the Vice President show. According to Vice-President Marta Lucia Ramirez, the unemployment rate for men in…
Colombia’s government has touted a $14/month minimum wage hike as the “most significant in 25 years.” The government of President Ivan Duque decreed a 6% increase in minimum wage that…
In a last-minute move, Colombia’s president Ivan Duque was able to present his tax plan to congress on Tuesday after weeks of deadlock and quarreling on how to plug the…