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Besides Colombia. Ecopetrol has assets in the US, Brazil, México, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

The “line in the sand” fiscal rule has now gone but due to the measures taken there is the hope that the deficit will drop from the anticipated 8.6% in 2021 to 2.7% in 2026.

The investment, said to be $70 million USD of convertible credit, brings the airline into proximity with both bankrupt Colombian carrier Avianca and Mexican carrier Volaris.

S&P left Ecopetrol's individual standalone credit rating at 'bbb- ' with stable outlook, the company announced last week, after its acquisition of electrical grid operator ISA.

All three agencies said publicly many months ago that they were looking for the tax reform to right the fiscal ship which has been listing badly ever since COVID struck - to put it bluntly, the authorities have failed to deliver - and it is on them.

Colombia's gross general government debt to GDP ratio is forecast to reach 60.8% in 2021, more than double the 30% level when Fitch upgraded Colombia back to the 'BBB' category in 2011.

This past week most headlines have been so contaminated with politics it has been hard to find much else to discuss. Everyone who ever picked up a banner and marched in Colombia is a descendant of Vladimir Lenin and anyone who ever owned a business has modeled it on the Victorian...

S&P says it may downgrade these companies in case of a similar rating action on Colombia. The firm could lower the sovereign ratings if the potential long-term damage caused by the pandemic, other domestic developments, or new external shocks, prevent the Colombian economy from...

As ratings agency Standard & Poor lowered Colombia's sovereign currency rating from investment grade into junk status, two government development banks and one commercial bank also took the hit. Findeter, FDN & Banco Davivienda al saw credit ratings drop out of investment grade,...

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...