Tag: ministry of finance
Southwest Colombia truckers demand government response to fuel shortages
Truckers in the southwest Colombia have blocked main roads out of the city of Pasto in protest of...
Colombia tax evaders have $50B parked in tax havens: Minister
Colombia’s minister of finance stated this weekend that Colombians are hiding $50...
Crunching the numbers on Colombia’s 2015 budget
Colombia’s Finance Minister outlined a $110 billion national budget to Congress on Tuesday, which has been touted by President Santos as a list of “social priorities for a time of peace.” Colombia’s 2015...
Colombia’s government to issue more bonds to finance increasing deficit in 2014
Colombia’s government to issue more bonds to fund a higher-than-predicted fiscal deficit in...
6 Colombia companies accused of running pyramid scheme
A Colombian business and commerce regulation body warned on Monday against six firms accused of...
New proposal would make online payments easier, cheaper, safer in Colombia: govt
The Colombian government announced a proposal Thursday intended to make online transactions...
Colombia unemployment dropped to 9.6% in 2013: Santos
Colombia’s unemployment rate has fallen to 9.6%, the lowest in 13 years, President Juan Manuel...
Colombia’s economy climbs to 3rd place in South American rankings
The Minister of Finance and Public Credit announced Wednesday that Colombia’s economy climbed from...
Colombia’s 2014 budget set at $106B
Colombia’s Ministry of Finance on Friday announced that the country’s 2014 budget set...
Goldman Sachs executive appointed to Colombia’s Finance Ministry
Colombian finance minister Mauricio Cardenas on Monday announced the appointment of Goldman Sachs’ Michel Janna as Director of Public Credit. Janna, who was Goldman’s head of sovereign risk for the Americas has a...
Colombia reduces foreign bond sales to curb peso
Colombia has reduced its foreign borrowing plan by $1 billion in a bid to tame its currency, announced the Ministry of Finance Wednesday. Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas told reporters he plans to scale back the scheduled...
Colombia govt invests $28M in higher education
A Colombia development agency on Wednesday approved more than $28 million for higher education projects in central Colombia. Findeter, a financial development agency linked to the Colombian ministry of finance, will invest the...
