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The “line in the sand” fiscal rule has now gone but due to the measures taken there is the hope that the deficit will drop from the anticipated 8.6% in 2021 to 2.7% in 2026.

S&P left Ecopetrol's individual standalone credit rating at 'bbb- ' with stable outlook, the company announced last week, after its acquisition of electrical grid operator ISA.

Colombia's "Comité Nacional de Paro," a coalition of labor unions and syndicalist groups has called for national strikes in Colombia for the 2nd time this year, after the government released a revised fiscal package.

The fire reduces the facility’s output from 393 megawatts to 246 megawatts until repairs can be made. EPM reports that there were no injuries, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Colombian oil producer Ecopetrol has signed an agreement to purchase the Ministry of Finance & Public Credit's (Minhacienda) share of electrical grid operator Interconectado Eléctrica SA, or ISA.

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.

Monday saw the latest surveys released by Fedesarrollo - the Financial Opinion Survey (FOS) & Stock Market Confidence Indices (SMCI) - for the month of June. The overall confidence number stands at 96.97% which is up 5.1% from May - breaking that down we see other improvements.

City council member Daniel Carvalho has said enough is enough, and that the mayor’s mismanagement is putting Colombia’s second largest enterprise and Medellín’s single largest municipal revenue source at grave risk.

This past week most headlines have been so contaminated with politics it has been hard to find much else to discuss. Everyone who ever picked up a banner and marched in Colombia is a descendant of Vladimir Lenin and anyone who ever owned a business has modeled it on the Victorian...

S&P says it may downgrade these companies in case of a similar rating action on Colombia. The firm could lower the sovereign ratings if the potential long-term damage caused by the pandemic, other domestic developments, or new external shocks, prevent the Colombian economy from...