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Colombia's June presidential runoff will pit a former leftist rebel guerilla against a construction magnate who lost his daughter to leftist rebel guerillas.

Things can get worse, much worse. But as Duque’s four year term comes towards a close, there is a practical consensus in Colombia that things could have been much better.

Colombian presidential hopeful Sergio Fajardo is one of the defendants the comptroller held responsible in today’s ruling, along with former Medellín Mayor Federico Restrepo, former candidate Alonso Salazar, and former CEO of EPM / current CEO of Cementos Argos, Juan Esteban Calle.

City council member Daniel Carvalho has said enough is enough, and that the mayor’s mismanagement is putting Colombia’s second largest enterprise and Medellín’s single largest municipal revenue source at grave risk.

What can observers take from events in Peru? And what takeaways are relevant for Colombia’s upcoming 2022 elections, and for economic and civil liberty more broadly in the Americas? Daniel Raisbeck has some prescient observations.

As the video is in English, it appears not directed at Colombians, but at influencing his image in the eyes of foreigners. Under 3 years of Duque’s presidency, Colombia has lost its investment grade currency rating, experienced multiple cases of police abuse, record levels of...

Colombian President Ivan Duque's withdrawal of his controversial tax hikes were not enough to stop nationwide protests in Colombia. The reason the protests continue vary, with much legitimate discontent and dissatisfaction, but provocateurs and common criminality must also be...

According to the comptroller, these 28 individuals would be responsible for economic losses exceeding $400 million USD. Among those individuals are former EPM general managers Federico Restrepo and Juan Esteban Calle; former mayors of Medellín Anibal Gaviria & Fabio Salazar, and...

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...

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.