Colombia’s Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla said Tuesday he had requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to extend a $11 billion loan to confront the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came days…
Colombia’s finance minister lowered his country’s economic growth projection on Monday and admitted he had been overly optimistic about last year’s economic growth. The government’s 2020 budget prepared by Finance…
Colombia’s constitutional court returned President Ivan Duque’s 2018 tax reform to Congress where lawmakers are making its approval close to impossible, according to weekly Semana. The court declared the tax…
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 constitutional court on Tuesday sunk President Ivan Duque’s controversial tax reform, ruling that it hadn’t been duly approved by Congress. Fortunately for Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla, the court said…
Colombia’s central bank on Tuesday drastically lowered the country’s projected growth rate and said the inflation rate target is not expected to be reached. The announcement is a slap in…
Colombia’s government on Tuesday said there will be no further cutbacks in the budget for the implementation of the country’s ongoing peace process. “In effect, the commitment remained so that…
Colombia’s finance ministry on Monday presented his $84 billion (COP271.7 trillion) budget proposal for 2020 with a reduced budget for investment and more budget for government. Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla’s…
President Ivan Duque has personally vowed to look for funds that will allow Colombia’s transitional justice system to continue its investigations, the president of the war crimes tribunal told the…