Concerns mount over Ecopetrol as Gustavo Petro allegedly meddles in company operations
Concerns over Ecopetrol, Colombia’s largest state-owned firm, are increasing as a strategic decision about its joint venture ...
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Petro wants Biden to pardon high-profile FARC leader
Colombian President Gustavo Petro would like his US colleague Joseph Biden to pardon convicted Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leader Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera, alias Simón ...
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Israel-Colombia spat deepens, as Israel stops arms sales and Bogotá threatens to cut ties
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said Hamas is the “invention of Mossad” and compared Israel’s bombing of Gaza to Nazism. (JTA) — Israel paused arms sales to Colombia over what ...
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Colombia minimum wage to increase 9.54% to $323 per month in 2025
BOGOTA, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Colombia's minimum wage will increase by 9.54% in 2025, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said on ...
Colombia Swap Rates Jump as New Minimum Wage Fuels Fiscal Woes
Colombia’s swap rates surged across the curve following a surprisingly large minimum wage increase that added to expectations ...
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9.54% rise in Colombia's minimum wage in 2025
President Gustavo Petro announced a 9.54 percent increase in the country's minimum wage for 2025, setting it at 1.4 million ...
Colombia Is at Risk of Repeating Brazil’s Costly Fiscal Mistakes
Colombia and Brazil are both run by leftist presidents with ambitious social agendas. Now the neighboring Latin American ...