"Medellin is partner in the ownership of 5 airports in Colombia: Rionegro, Olaya Herrera, Encarepa, Enquito, Corozal Sucre. When an airplane lands in any of those airports, Medellin earns some pesos."
The sovereign downgrade reflects the deterioration of the public finances with large fiscal deficits in 2020-2022, a rising government debt level, and reduced confidence around the capacity of the government to credibly place debt on a downward path in the coming years.
The letter of resignation came just hours after a contentious press conference where Calderón wished to discuss his investment plan, but the press, including Finance Colombia, wished to delve into the numerous gaps and inconsistencies in his qualifications.
In an auction that raised 5 trillion pesos ($1.5 Billion USD), Colombia allocated mobile spectrum to operators America Movil (Claro) (NYSE: AMX, BMV: AMXL) and Millicom (Tigo) (NASD: TIGO, STO: TIGO SDB), and to British private equity investors Novator Partners. Telefónica’s...
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Colombia Telecomunicaciones S.A. E.S.P.’s (ColTel) Foreign Currency (FC) and Local Currency (LC) Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to ‘BBB-‘ from ‘BB+’, the 2022 notes to ‘BBB-‘ from ‘BB+’, and the hybrid...
Exito plans to monetize its Big Data assets through a program called Puntos Colombia, which has been developed with Bancolombia and will launch in early 2018.