Government returns Colombia’s sunken tax reform to congress
Colombia’s finance minister on Tuesday returned a tax reform proposal to Congress after it had been struck down by the Constitutional Court. Instead of being presented as a budget finance…
Colombia’s finance minister on Tuesday returned a tax reform proposal to Congress after it had been struck down by the Constitutional Court. Instead of being presented as a budget finance…
Colombia’s president Ivan Duque made insufficient progress with the implementation of a 2016 peace deal with former FARC rebels, according to Congress. According to a report compiled by the opposition…
Colombia’s government has agreed to pay banking conglomerate Grupo Aval $375 million that one of the corporation’s subsidiaries partially owes to its sister companies. The controversial agreement is the consequence…
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…
Following weeks of protests, Colombia’s government and student representatives reached agreement on investment in the country’s chronically underfunded public education system. Both President Ivan Duque and the student organizations said…
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…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque is struggling to present his government’s 2019 budget to Congress after multiple preliminary revenue proposals were struck down almost unanimously. Duque had initially said the government…
Thousands of students took to the streets again on Wednesday to demand increased education funds, while negotiations with the government over budget gaps resumed. For the fifth consecutive week, students…
Colombia’s cities are expected to shut down for the second Wednesday this month as students are protesting to demand the government close a budget gap in higher education. Students, supported…