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News Colombia » Finance: Colombia's new president wants to revive oil and gas sector

News channel or source: https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/colombias-president-wants-revive-oil-144716726.html
Published on: Tuesday 01 September 2026

President Abelardo de la Espriella pledged to revoke a ban on new exploration licenses for oil and gas projects implemented under his predecessor.

News Colombia » Finance: Colombia Declares Economic Emergency, Testing Fiscal Pledges

News channel or source: https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/colombia-declares-economic-emergency-testing-030115807.html
Published on: Wednesday 19 August 2026

Colombia declared a 30-day economic emergency to tackle the fallout from a devastating earthquake, adding new spending pressures as the country grapples with one of the most fragile fiscal outlooks in ...

News Colombia » Finance: Colombia asks Trump to suspend tariffs as country reels from earthquake

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/colombia-asks-trump-to-suspend-tariffs-as-country-reels-from-earthquake/ar-AA2acxGq
Published on: Saturday 15 August 2026

Post-earthquake reconstruction is expected to cost about $6.4bn, but Colombia has been hit by renewed US tariffs.

News Colombia » Finance: Corruption Scandal Adds to Pressure on Colombia’s Finance Minister

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/corruption-scandal-adds-pressure-colombia-182447930.html
Published on: Monday 02 December 2024

(Bloomberg) -- Colombia's finance chief has been hit with fresh accusations in an alleged corruption scandal, adding to complications for President Gustavo Petro just as the government tries to ...

News Colombia » Finance: Colombia’s incoming finance minister wants fair capitalism

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/colombia-incoming-finance-minister-wants-014750188.html
Published on: Wednesday 13 July 2022

FILE - World Bank presidential nominee Jose Antonio Ocampo, of Colombia, speaks with Brazil's Economy Minister Guido Mantega, not in photo, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 12, 2012. Ocampo, Colombia´s new ...

News Colombia » Finance: Colombia finance minister to insist central bank start cutting rates

News channel or source: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/colombia-finance-minister-to-insist-central-bank-start-cutting-rates
Published on: Wednesday 20 September 2023

BOGOTA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Colombian Finance Minister Ricardo Bonilla, who is also a director of the country's central bank, said on Wednesday he will ask the board to start cutting the benchmark ...

News Colombia » Finance: Colombia: Record Growth

News channel or source: https://gfmag.com/country-report/colombia-frontier-market-record-economic-growth-2/
Published on: Monday 01 May 2023

Colombia’s economic rebound enters a transitional phase. Ratings agencies downgraded Colombia to below investment grade in 2021, citing fiscal deficit. Laws have been passed to address this. Sources: ...

News Colombia » Finance: Colombia Finance Chief Sees Swift Key Rate Cuts to 8% by 2024

News channel or source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-14/colombia-finance-minister-sees-interest-rate-cuts-to-8-by-2024
Published on: Saturday 14 October 2023

Colombia’s central bank has room to lower interest rates by over five percentage points from the current level to 8% in 2024 as inflation continues to slow, Finance Minister Ricardo Bonilla said in an ...