Colombia Sets Up a Mining Fund to Back, or Retrain, Its Small Miners
Colombia's Petro government has created a fund for small-scale miners and a programme to help those who quit mining retrain,...
July 13, 2026Section
Colombia News in English
Colombia news in English from The Rio Times — Bogotá politics, economy, peace process and culture.
Colombia’s Incoming Government Takes Ecopetrol Unit Cenit to Prosecutors
Colombia's incoming government filed two criminal complaints targeting Ecopetrol unit Cenit over a $5M contract and a $123M land programme,...
July 13, 2026
Colombia’s Incoming Government Says a Blackout Would Cost $50 Million an Hour
Colombia blackout risk hits $50M per hour as El Niño intensifies and only 7% of 2026 power capacity is online,...
July 13, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso
COLCAP closed at 2,307.67 (+0.65%) as USD/COP slid near 3,242, just above its 52-week low, driven by oil, carry trade...
July 13, 2026
What Colombia’s July 20 Tax Reform Would Mean for Foreign Residents
Colombia's July 20 tax reform would lift the top income rate to 41% and add wealth-tax tariffs. What the Colombia...
July 12, 2026
Medellín’s Flower Festival Returns July 31 With Its Famous Parade
Medellín's Feria de las Flores runs July 31 to August 9, 2026, with the Silleteros parade on Sunday, August 9....
July 11, 2026
Colombia’s Peso Just Had Its Best Month in a Decade
Why is the Colombian peso getting stronger? It rose 7.4% in June, its best month in a decade, on election...
July 11, 2026
Foreign Investment in Colombia Fell Again in June, to $634M
Colombia foreign investment fell 19.8% in June to $634M, per Banco de la República, with first-half inflows now running twelve...
July 11, 2026
Colombia’s Locked Budget: What the Fiscal Squeeze Means for the July 20 Tax Reform
Colombia's 2026 budget is 93.7% locked, leaving just US$10 billion of room. Why the Colombia budget tax reform 2026 raises...
July 11, 2026