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One built his fortune defending the accused; the other built his career avenging the dead. Both ask voters to trust their "professional" ties.

Front-runner Abelardo de la Espriella holds triple citizenship, and jurists are split on whether his US passport bars him from Colombia's presidency.

Colombia's May 31 election pits three candidates with opposite records on oil, investment, security, and foreign policy.

Breaking the fiscal rule without extraordinary cause may risk overspending, mounting debt, and a blow to Colombia’s economic credibility.

After signing a deal with China's Xi Jing Ping, Colombian President Gustavo Petro returned home to bitter defeat of his flagship labor referendum project in the Colombian Senate.

The suspension is due to the lack of a credible fiscal plan under Colombia's current presidential administration.

While campaigning for president, Gustavo Petro explicitly promised that there would be no expropriation during his term.

Another aspect is the normalization tax complementary to income tax. This 17% tax would be reincorporated with the purpose of normalizing omitted assets or nonexistent liabilities, and would be in force for the year 2022. During 2021 an advance payment of 50% must be made.

The big question is what Fitch (BBB-) & Moody's (Baa2) chose to now do. Will they wait to see what is contained within 'Tax Reform II' when it is resubmitted? The issue is that there is little clarity on when that will be. Congress will shut down for the holidays in just over a...

Against the backdrop of the images we have seen, it appears almost churlish to discuss Colombia's investment grade credit rating, however its removal would have more effect on those protesting than most of them could imagine.