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Looking at macro indicators, one is left shaking their head as to what the central bank saw two weeks ago when it raised rates to 13.25%.

Year over year Q1 GDP came in at 3.0% versus a consensus expectation of 3.5%, and the QoQ number of 1.4% actually beat the estimate of 1%.

In the first two months of this year, non-mining exports from that Saudi Arabia reached $26.6 million USD.

With a dearth of economic data, attention has focused on the Bajo Cauca unrest.

The absolutely key takeaway from these developments is the fact that the institutions of Colombia are holding very firm.

President Petro has asked the Prosecutor's office to investigate his own son and brother for alleged irregularities.

Colombia is very rarely, if ever, bereft of news, and this week was no exception. In fact it was a bit of a doozy!

In contrast to the year 2021 that ended with inflation of 5.62%, in 2022, historically high annual inflation was recorded for Colombia of 13.12%, that is, 7.5 points higher than the previous year, a peak level that had not been registered since 1999, 23 years ago. The...

Foreigners now own $26 billion USD in local Colombian debt.

Inflation seeks to be the highest in Colombia since 1999 based on DANE statistics.