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Many Colombians who — even after working tirelessly day after day — do not know what it is like to enjoy a pension, salary, paid vacation, or being eligible for a loan.

Colombia has the fourth highest percentage of people living in conditions of extreme poverty among Latin American countries studied by ECLAC.

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.

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.

For April, unemployment was 10.7% — down from 11.2% a year ago — and there was a 3.5% increase (785k) in the number of people working year over year