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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.

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.

Ecopetrol reports sales down 23.6% year-on-year for the 4th quarter of 2020, to 14,190 trillion Colombian pesos, or 3.95 billion USD. Full year sales are down 29.4% to 13.8 billion. The company was able to report net income of 1.7 trillion pesos, or $471 million USD.

he fact that Ecopetrol has gone public with its intentions indicates the near certainty that a deal has been agreed upon in advance within Colombia’s government. It also reveals an intention of the Colombian government to raise cash without further direct indebtedness, by selling...

Only 8 months into his term as mayor of Medellín, tomato-throwing Daniel Quintero has managed to unite Paisas from labor unions to corporate giants against him.Multiple boards of directors have resigned, and Fitch has downgraded the city-owned utility's credit, citing 'governance...

Last week, a meeting was held between Governor Nemesio Roys Garzón of the Colombian department of La Guajira and representatives of ANDESCO, or the National Association of Public Service & Communications Enterprises, representing the public utility & telecom sectors in...

Global emerging market startup accelerator Seedstars has named its nine most promising startups from Latin Amercia in front of over 200 guests at Medellin’s Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB). These nine early stage companies will represent the region at the Seedstars...

Colombia’s First Renewable Energy Auction has been set for October 22, 2019. The government has published the PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) contract and its terms of reference.  There have been several relevant modifications to the auction’s design intended t...

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the Baa2 issuer rating of Interconexion Electrica S.A. E.S.P. (ISA). (OTCQX: IESFY) (BVC: ISA) At the same time, Moody’s revised the outlook to stable from negative. This action follows Moody´s recent rating action on the...