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Petro, who is praised by his friends for his “solid Marxist foundation,” plans to ban all exploration of oil, Colombia’s main export, to expropriate the nearly $100 billion that are now saved in individual, private pension accounts, and to print money to pay for public spending...

In terms of consumer expectations, Colombians experienced an improvement from -7.4% to -3.5%.

Aside from his role as head of international investment for the BVC Colombian stock exchange and providing a column on economics for Finance Colombia, Rupert Stebbings has served on the board of directors for Viva, and wrote the corporate biography, "The Viva Effect."

Sectorially, financials (94.1%) are the top pick followed by Energy (82.4%), while oil has dropped away to 35.3%.

The big question on most investors' lips is 'Does Colombia have inflation under control?'

Poor Marquez is either sadly confused and bewildered, or worse, is so brazen as to not give a damn what she said.

Colombia’s press freedom foundation, the FLIP has condemned Petro’s stigmatizations and cautions that his careless words may lead to violence

On the bright side GDP expectations continue to improve. In March the FY2022 consensus is at 4.5%, above the 4.2% of February.

The Peso remains a lottery - with an election in 3 months and the continuing 'red under the bed' narrative.

The sun will rise again. In fact for many it is already showing signs of an appearance and even Colombia still has a story to tell.