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Colombia’s Economy Still Faces Risks Despite 2019 Data: Fitch

Data from the first half of 2019 indicating that Colombia is on track to meet its 2019 fiscal target without one-off asset sales is a positive development, but meeting the 2020 target could be challenging, says Fitch Ratings. The risks to fiscal consolidation and to the...
Posted On September 9, 2019
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A terminal in Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport sits empty. Photo credit Loren Moss 2014
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Amid Macroeconomic, Fiscal Challenges, Fitch Maintains Colombia’s Negative Credit Rating Outlook

Colombia’s recently released Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) utilizes optimistic economic growth assumptions and relies on one-off privatization/asset sales and uncertain administrative measures to boost revenues, says Fitch Ratings. As such, risks to achieving...
Posted On August 13, 2019
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León de Greiff Auditorium, National University of Colombia, 7 March 2007. Photo credit Julián Ortega Martinez
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Report: 15,000 Venezuelans Employed By ELN, Other Guerillas Near Colombian Border

Criminal groups from Colombia have become the major source of employment in Venezuelan villages across the border as they recruit victims of the Venezuelan crisis in order to expand and build up their criminal power, according to a report by a human rights organization. Guerrilla...
Posted On April 19, 2019
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A drug lab in Caqueta, Colombia, that was producing coca paste before being busted by Colombian military. (Photo credit: Comando General de las Fuerzas Militares)
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25 Years Later: How Drug Trafficking and Criminal Organizations in Colombia Have Changed Since Pablo Escobar’s Death

A lot has changed in the country’s underworld since the fall of one of the world’s most legendary criminals.
Posted On December 3, 2018
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President Donald Trump participates in a bilateral meeting Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. (Photo credit: Official White House photo by Shealah Craighead)
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Drugs, Peace, and Venezuela: Duque Outlines Colombian Agenda on Key Issues During U.N. Assembly, Trump Meeting

At the U.N., Duque reiterated his commitment to crack down on illicit coca production, strengthen the country’s peace process, and find a solution to the Venezuelan crisis.
Posted On September 28, 2018
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A drug lab in Caqueta, Colombia, that was producing coca paste before being busted by Colombian military. (Photo credit: Comando General de las Fuerzas Militares)
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United Nations: Coca Cultivation in Colombia Reaches Record High

Colombia's coca crop has been expanding by 45% per year since 2013 and reached a recorded high of 171,000 hectares in 2017.
Posted On September 22, 2018
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Three Continental Gold Mining Workers Killed in Violent Attack

The tragedy follows the killing of a mining engineer working for Continental Gold earlier this month, who was left dead after his vehicle was attacked in Buriticá.
Posted On September 21, 2018
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The UN Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), with security and logistical support from the Colombian Armed Forces and help from some members of the FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army), cleared 750 of 998 FARC-EP arms caches. The operation required major logistical planning and effort, involving more than 40,000 kilometers travelled by helicopter, boat, land vehicles and horses. (Photo credit: United Nations / 13 August 2017, Bojayá, Colombia)
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United Nations Extends Peace Process Verification Mission in Colombia for Another Year

The global organization’s Security Council reaffirmed its “full commitment” to the peace process in Colombia for an additional year through September 15, 2019.
Posted On September 14, 2018
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Chief peace negotiator for the Colombian government, Humberto de la Calle (right), shakes hands with FARC representative Iván Márquez in Havana, Cuba, to signify that a peace deal has been reached. (Photo credit: Presidencia de la República)
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Absence of Some Leaders at FARC Summit Raises Questions About Group’s Political Viability

The absence of three leading figures may be a sign of the internal fracture within the FARC party that has grown since the arrest of Jesus Santrich.
Posted On September 7, 2018
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What Is Behind the Apparent Attempt to Squeeze Foreign Journalists out of Colombia?

EDITORIAL: In 2017 Colombia’s government signed a formal but controversial peace agreement with the country’s FARC rebel group. In the agreement, the government committed to extensive reintegration efforts, protection for community leaders, and for residents of rural areas that...
Posted On September 3, 2018
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