Ecopetrol is suffering from deteriorating corporate governance while the petroleum giant is led by Colombian President Gustavo Petro's political campaign manager.
"Fitch expects CNE's volumes sold, as percentage of total gas production, under long-term take-or-pay contracts to reduce from 99% in 2023 to 50% in 2026."
CPI may yet go higher, obviously not to those seen on the streets of Caracas or Buenos Aires, but only Chile (13.3%) amongst the mainstream Latam economies has higher inflation.