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Ecopetrol is suffering from deteriorating corporate governance while the petroleum giant is led by Colombian President Gustavo Petro's political campaign manager.

The sovereign downgrade reflects the deterioration of the public finances with large fiscal deficits in 2020-2022, a rising government debt level, and reduced confidence around the capacity of the government to credibly place debt on a downward path in the coming years.

The move further weakens Colombia’s precarious financial position brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing an almost 7% contraction in the country’s economy. Fitch may likely downgrade Colombia as well, as the country already sits at the firm’s lowest investment grade before...

According to Fitch Ratings, the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic is causing a contraction in Colombia's economy, and severe fiscal pressure on the government.

Fitch Ratings yesterday announced that it had downgraded Avianca Holdings’ Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘C from ‘CCC-‘. The ratings have been removed from Rating Watch Negative. This downgrade follows the announcement...

Colombian petroleum company Ecopetrol (BVC:ECOPETROL, NYSE:EC, TSX:ECP) announced Friday that it opened a $175 million USD ($578 billion COP) line of credit with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,Ltd. (NYSE:MUFG, TSE:MUFG) The loan was approved by Minhacienda, Colombia’s finance...