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Colombia has maintained its BB+ credit rating despite high inflation numbers and the loss of Petro’s supermajority.

"Heaven has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turned, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorned." - The Mourning Bride (Act III Scene 2) by William Congreve.

President Petro's son, Nicolas Petro, has been arrested. The key here is that the president called for the investigation and has stepped away.

The charges against his son result from an investigation that the President himself called for.

There have been 173 cases recorded this year, compared to the 80 carried out during the same period in 2022 — and the real number may be even higher.

Congress is back (collective groan), and the word "reform" is set to dominate the agenda between now and the arrival of Father Christmas.

The political scandal that saw President Petro's coalition implode and the de facto suspension of the reform process was little more than a tremor on the Colombian Richter scale. Now the earth is properly moving.

"Institutions with a control and oversight role will be challenged by issues arising from Chinese infrastructure companies," according to the Colombia Risk Analysis report.

Colombian Air Force Crash, Petro scandal takes weird turn, Uribe acolyte charged with corruption

Colombia's local bond market has dried up as a financing alternative for corporates.