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The Big Picture Colombia Explained: The Country, Its Politics, Its Economy and What to Watch Economy, politics, society and daily life — the whole country in one essential read.Ecopetrol's new president says Colombia has 7.4 years of oil reserves and 5.9 years of gas, and is taking the company back into fracking and offshore
Colombia explained: 53.4 million people, a new hard-right president since August 2026, inflation back at 6.24 percent and a policy rate going up, not down.
Cost of living in Barranquilla, Colombia in 2026: about US$1,100 a month for a single expat,...
Medellín vs Mexico City for expats in 2026: the cost gap is under ten percent, but...
Peru vs Colombia for expats in 2026: residency routes, the nomad visa gap, currency, Lima and...
Colombia has extradited a border armed-group boss it once shielded as a peace negotiator. He now faces US...
ANDI, Colombia’s most powerful business lobby, is losing three Ardila Lülle firms, and Coca-Cola’s bottlers quit one of...
Claro Pay Colombia is weeks from relaunching on Grupo Aval’s Dale platform, due by early November, free and...
The peso slid 2.43% to 3,287 on Thursday, the region's worst day, with early-Friday spot near 3,351. What...
Ecopetrol president Joaquín Gutiérrez, De la Espriella’s campaign chief, takes over Colombia’s oil giant on 28 September 2026....
Colombia's COLCAP slipped 0.12% while the peso weakened 2.43% to 3,287 per dollar, with oil-exposed names under pressure.
Colombia's Colpensiones president Carlos René Montoya resigned on 24 September, three days into the job, after a disastrous...
Colombia broke diplomatic ties with Iran effective 19 September 2026 over alleged terrorist links, the Hormuz blockade and...