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The Ordoñez murder at the hands of the police triggered Colombia’s “George Floyd Moment.”

Colombian President Ivan Duque announced that he was asking Congress to withdraw from consideration his fiscal reform package, brainchild of his Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla. The controversial package was put forward to broaden the Colombian government’s revenue base,...

Colombia’s finance ministry over the weekend announced that it would provide an 18 month loan of up to $370 million USD to Avianca Airlines, currently in Chapter 11 proceedings in US courts. The financing would be provided under Avianca’s proposed Debtor In Possession (DIP)...

The report’s co-author Cameron Wilson took time to speak with Finance Colombia executive editor Loren Moss about the many points covered by the report, including what to expect in the second half of Colombian President Ivan Duque’s term.

Colombia's "Day without Tax" may have undone in less than 24 hours the country's past three months of success in battling the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. Even if the government decides to lift curfews and restrictions, this may have been the dumbest possible way to do it.

Claudia Lopez, Bogotá's increasingly strident Mayor last week threatened to shutter retailers Makro & PriceSmart on a radio interview, saying the stores were not doing enough to fight the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic

Adam Boehler of the US DFC is visiting Colombia until tomorrow with a team of senior executives from the Corporation to identify new opportunities to finance private sector projects.

Sunday’s local and gubernatorial elections in Colombia saw stunning defeats for the Centro Democratico, the political party of both current President Ivan Duque and former president Alvaro Uribe. Far left senator and former revolutionary militant Gustavo Petro also saw his hand...

The top measures on the ballot would mandates salary reductions and term limits for lawmakers as well as mandated prison time for any public officials found guilty of corruption.

From Odebrecht and the Panama Papers to court and Congress officials accepting bribes, Colombians are increasingly fed up with their nation's pervasive corruption.