Colombia pension funds fall in value in 2013
Colombia government financial watchdog reported strong losses in the country’s pension funds...
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Colombia supreme court justice’s pensions exceed legal limit
Colombia’s chief supreme court justice on Wednesday said that cutting the wages and pensions of judges would put judicial independence in danger. Javier Zapata said judges who had served more than 30 years had labor rights...
Colombia prepares pension plan for millions of informal workers
The Colombian government is developing a billion dollar pension subsidy plan for the country’s millions of informal workers, said financial publication Portfolio Monday. The announcement follows a government study...
Pension age in Colombia won’t go up anytime soon: deputy labor minister
Colombia’s deputy labor minister has announced that the country’s retirement age will not go up in the near future, Colombian media reported Monday. Vice-minister Mauricio Olivera also announced that pension reforms...
Social Security weighed down with 75,000 pending claims
Colombia’s Institute of Social Security (ISS) is bogged down with 75,000 claims from customers totalling over $550,000 reported the entity’s president, Silvia Helena Ramirez. Plaintiffs allege irregularities in the...
