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As we could see from the BVC's Twitter account, the Asobolsa event in Cartagena was a day of soundbites and few ideas or solutions.

In an unwieldy city without the resources to set itself on the right path, the candidates for Bogotá mayor are all destined to fail — just as others have been before.

Banco de la República left rates at 13.25% — no surprise! — and lowered their 1.0% GDP estimate for 2023 to 0.9%.

President Petro's son, Nicolas Petro, has been arrested. The key here is that the president called for the investigation and has stepped away.

In this weekly news roundup, we saw a drop in retail confidence data but an uptick in industrial confidence — another mixed bag.

Congress is back (collective groan), and the word "reform" is set to dominate the agenda between now and the arrival of Father Christmas.

Fedesarrollo's consumer confidence data for June offers some encouraging numbers — but there is still a long way to go.

The political scandal that saw President Petro's coalition implode and the de facto suspension of the reform process was little more than a tremor on the Colombian Richter scale. Now the earth is properly moving.

Despite opinion polls declaring we are heading for Armageddon, we see various stakeholders increasing the GDP outlook.

Colombia has one of the finest growing climates on planet earth, yet is continues to under-utilize the sun and rains that fall to create a greenhouse environment.