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Today at 1pm the Grupo Sura tender will close and 24 hours later it will be Grupo Nutresa's turn.

"Colombia and Pakistan are the only two 'normal' countries in the world..."

Roops sees three possible outcomes for Jaime Gilinski's hostile takeover attempt of Grupo Nutresa.

In keeping with the recent macro data, consensus estimates on Colombian key economic indicators are continuing to edge higher.

There is little question that the country is going in the right direction, even the unemployment data for September was considerably better than expected.

The last few days have featured the 2021 version of the Colombian Investment Summit and there has been plenty to reflect on.

Some of this may finally be starting to filter through to both the stock market and Peso - both have outperformed the region over recent sessions.

Amidst an environment where we see both analysts and overseas agents increasing their growth recommendations for both 2021 & 2022.

The “line in the sand” fiscal rule has now gone but due to the measures taken there is the hope that the deficit will drop from the anticipated 8.6% in 2021 to 2.7% in 2026.

This is a country with problems, unquestionably, poverty has risen, there is discontent with the Government's actions in several respects and the current account situation speaks for itself. BUT, this is a country that for decades has built itself against a backdrop of problems...