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Colombia’s gold reserves remain underused; no president from Uribe to Petro has maximized this asset to pay down national debt.

Colombia’s government has raised the minimum wage for 2020 by 6% to $980,657 Colombian Pesos ($298.92 USD) per month, including the transportation subsidy mandatory for employees making less than twice the official minimum wage. The minimum monthly salary will be set at $877,803...

Yesterday, President Juan Manuel Santos, along with Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas and Labor Minister Luis Eduardo Garzón, signed into law Decreto (Decree) 2552 of 2015, setting the Colombian monthly minimum wage at $689,455 pesos. This power was given to the executive branch...