Colombia prepared itself for Euro crisis: Finance Minister
Colombia’s finance minister said Tuesday his country has been preparing to meet fallout from Europe’s economic crisis, but expects to take a hit. With a 4.7 percent GDP growth in…
Colombia’s finance minister said Tuesday his country has been preparing to meet fallout from Europe’s economic crisis, but expects to take a hit. With a 4.7 percent GDP growth in…
The Prosecutor General’s Office announced plans Thursday to investigate Colombia’s Finance Minister for allegedly misappropriating public funds to a private company for the construction and operation of a famous music…
U.S. financial services company Standard & Poor’s (S&P) announced Thursday that it will likely maintain Colombia’s current credit rating for 2012. The director of S&P’s Latin American operations, Victor Herrera, acknowledged…
Colombia’s Finance Minister said the “future is about being competitive,” indicating domestic producers and exporters should accept the pain of a strong peso, reported Reuters. At a meeting of the…
Colombian exporters and producers have asked the government to take additional measures to keep the peso in check against the dollar. Javier Diaz, president of the National Association of Exporters,…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced upcoming tax reform aimed at creating a fairer and more efficient system, in a presidential press release Saturday. “What happens is there are a…
Colombia is well prepared to deal with the repercussions of the financial crisis in Europe, said a manager at Barclays Capital in an interview with financial publication Portafolio Thursday. Alejandro…
Colombia’s government ordered banks Wednesday to lower the fees they charge for ATM withdrawals and other transactions, saying Colombian banks charge fees far higher than banks elsewhere in Latin America.…
Colombia’s finance minister says he expects the national economy will grow by 5% in 2012 in an interview with W Radio Wednesday. Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry said that in…