Finance Colombia

Colombian Government Announces Biosafety Protocols For Arriving International Travelers

Travelers arriving to Colombia must present a negative result of a PCR test for Covid-19 taken no longer than 96 hours before the stipulated time of travel and whoever has symptoms associated with Covid-19 will not be allowed to get on board.

Posted On September 18, 2020

, By Loren Moss

From Tomato-Thrower To Banana Republican, Can Medellin’s Mayor Daniel Quintero Learn Good Governance (Please?): Op-Ed

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...

Posted On September 1, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Cameron WIlson of Colombia Risk Analysis

What To Expect In 2nd Half Of Colombian President Ivan Duque’s Term? Colombia Risk Analysis Predicts In This Exclusive Video Interview

The report’s co-author Cameron Wilson took time to speak with Finance Colombia executive editor Loren Moss about the many points covered by the report, including what to expect in the second half of Colombian President Ivan Duque’s term.

Posted On August 25, 2020

, By Loren Moss

EPM’s Board of Directors Resign En Masse, Creating Crisis For Mayor Daniel Quintero

The board’s resignation left the utility’s CEO, Álvaro Guillermo Rendón trying to explain to the media and public why the entire board of directors resigning or the mayor’s actions are nothing to worry about.

Posted On August 17, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Little Caesars Pizza Coming To Colombia

Global pizza chain Little Caesar's is coming to Colombia. The first two restaurants in Bogotá will be located in the San Cipriano and Prado Veraniego neighborhoods of Suba, on the capital city's far north side.

Posted On August 6, 2020

, By Loren Moss

EPM Headquarters Building in Medellín's Plaza Mayor

EPM’s New Dollar-Denominated Debt Rated As BBB By Fitch

Fitch Ratings has assigned a long-term 'BBB' rating to Empresas Publicas de Medellin E.S.P.'s (EPM) proposed senior unsecured U.S. dollar debt issuance that matures in 2031. Fitch has also assigned a long-term 'BBB' rating to the company's proposed reopening of its 8.375% senior...

Posted On July 8, 2020

, By Loren Moss

The above IHME map shows the mean value (across the 1,000 regressions that IHME runs in its SEIR model) of effective reproductive number, R, on June 9. Infections on June 9 roughly correspond to cases of COVID-19 on June 20 given the average duration of 11 days between infection and being reported as a case. Where this value is greater than 1, it means that every person infected with COVID-19 will produce more than one additional infected person. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R needs to be less than 1. The map shows that on June 9 in many parts of the world, R was lower than 1, including many parts of North America, Europe, Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Locations that are showing effective R values greater than 1, which means that the number of cases of COVID-19 in the population is growing, include several states in India, the US, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Argentina, Chile, and Indonesia. Several countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as Turkey and Iran, also had R values greater than 1 as recently as two weeks ago.

Up To 81,942 May Die In Colombia From COVID-19 Says University of Washington Institute

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting nearly 388,300 people will die from COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean nations by October 1. Brazil is expected to exceed 166,000 deaths and Mexico 88,000. Six other...

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Latin American Corporate Defaults Expected To Rise, says Fitch

The number of defaults in 2020 is on pace to exceed that of 2019 with indications there will be more to follow, given 6 group-level defaults YTD compared with 6 in all of 2019, and the high number of ratings at ‘CCC’ or below categories.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Foreign Investors Still Confident In Colombia, According To Survey by IPAs

The study revealed that 66% of the surveyed businesspeople were optimistic regarding the operations of their companies in Colombia, while 30% feel the same in respect to the performance of the economy in general.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Survey: 80% Of Colombians Prefer To Work From Home

g and 80% of respondents stated that they would like to telework more in the future. Colombians are those most enthusiastic about telework at 80%, followed by Portugal with 77%, Mexico 76%, Brazil 72% and finally Spain and Italy, both with 68%.

Posted On June 16, 2020

, By Loren Moss