RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday, August 17, the director of the National Statistics Institute (DANE), Juan Daniel Oviedo, announced at a press conference that Colombia's GDP grew by 17.6% in the second quarter.
This result is close to the expectations of analysts, who had predicted growth of 18% for the period, which is very favorable considering that in this period the country faced the third peak of contagion, in addition to the difficulties and losses faced by some sectors due to the blockades in the national strike.
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