Colombia: Petro decrees a 16% increase in the minimum wage
The Colombian Government announced a 16% increase in the minimum wage, which will take effect on January 1, 2023.
December 26, 2022Topic
Colombian government
Colombia’s President Petro scares away international investments, kills economic security
The arrival of Gustavo Petro to the Presidency of Colombia impacted the rampant increase of the dollar against the peso,...
October 31, 2022
Colombian President’s key messages to calm the markets and curb the dollar
Faced with the historical rise of the dollar, which is already threatening to climb above COP 5,000 for the first...
October 21, 2022
Colombia: New coca leaf cultivation record in 2021
Coca-leaf production in Colombia soared last year to historic levels, flooding the world with record amounts of the drug at...
October 20, 2022
Petro’s Colombia: Conservative event canceled due to threats from communist groups
The Pan-American Forum of Young Politicians, which was to take place October 27-29 in Bogota, had to be canceled due...
October 13, 2022
Colombia: Former presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez resigns from Senate
As speculated, former presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandez resigned as a senator just two months after he assumed the position
October 12, 2022
Colombia: A group of pro-abortion women attempted to burn down Bogota’s Primatial Cathedral
A group of women participating in a pro-abortion demonstration attempted to set fire to the entrance of the Primate Cathedral...
September 29, 2022
Thousands protest in Colombia against Petro’s leftist reforms
Thousands of people marched on Monday in Colombia to reject political, economic, and social reforms planned to be pushed by...
September 27, 2022
Colombian President considers cutting defense budget by US$180 million by 2023
The Colombian Minister of Defense, Iván Velásquez, has offered the Ministry of Finance to cut his Ministry's budget by approximately...
September 19, 2022