Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso
Colombia's COLCAP gained 1.33% and the peso struck a six-year low near 3,240 as Brent's Hormuz risk premium powered Ecopetrol...
July 11, 2026Section
Colombia News in English
Colombia news in English from The Rio Times — Bogotá politics, economy, peace process and culture.
Colombia’s Banks Made $4bn in 2025. Then Petro Taxed Them
Colombia bank profits climbed seventy-one percent in 2025 to about four billion dollars, just before an emergency wealth tax hit...
July 10, 2026
Colombia’s Debt Ratio Just Fell. It Borrowed $20bn More Anyway
Colombia external debt dropped to fifty-one percent of output, its lowest since 2020. Measured in dollars it rose by twenty...
July 10, 2026
Colombia Gas Production Has Halved in a Decade, and Still Falls
Colombia gas production fell almost thirteen percent in May. The worst five months since 2013 arrive as its sole import...
July 10, 2026
A $5bn Mexican Digital Bank Just Entered Colombia. Not as a Bank
Plata is a bank in Mexico and valued at five billion dollars. In Colombia the regulator has let it in...
July 10, 2026
Colombia Has Lost 425 Homebuilders in Four Years
Camacol says 425 homebuilding firms have vanished since 2022, a 28% drop to 1,093. What the Colombia housing market loss...
July 10, 2026Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso
COLCAP eased 0.87% on July 9 even as Ecopetrol rose, while the peso surged to fresh 52-week strength near 3,282...
July 10, 2026
Colombia’s Presidential Handover Turns Hostile: A Criminal Complaint and Suspended Talks
Colombia's empalme criminal complaint has frozen the handover: joint sessions stopped, prosecutors now watch the tables, and the clock runs...
July 10, 2026
Colombia Inflation Hits 6.14% in June
Colombia inflation June 2026 hit 6.14 percent, above every forecast, just eight days after the central bank raised its policy...
July 9, 2026