Colombia cuts 2015 budget to avoid excessive deficit
Colombia’s finance ministry has cut $3 billion from the government’s $74.3 budget for...
Tag: 2015 budget
Colombia to delay $2.44B in spending due to oil price fall
Colombia will delay spending $2.44 billion (6 trillion pesos), some 3% of its national budget, due...
Colombia’s Congress approves wealth tax
Colombia’s Congress has approved a polemic wealth tax meant to increase revenue for the...
Santos signs Colombia’s underfunded 2015 fiscal budget
President Juan Manuel Santos signed off on the 2015’s fiscal budget for Colombia which...
Colombia finance minister calls for calm as dropping oil prices generate budget gap
Colombia’s 2015 government budget was made assuming oil prices would not fall below $98 per...
Colombia wealth tax only temporary, govt proposes in response to employers’ concerns
The Colombian government has made concessions to concerned business leaders over a controversial...
Colombia oil production down 2.8%; growing concerns over 2015 budget deficit
Colombia’s finance minister on Thursday announced that the country is likely to not make its 2014 target of producing a million barrels of crude oil per day, putting even more pressure on the government’s budget for...
Santos spends almost as much on propaganda as on justice
Colombia since 2012 spent a total of $1.15 billion on propaganda campaigns, more than the...
Colombia’s external debt rises 15.6% in first half of 2014
The external debt burden on Colombia rose 15.6% in the first half of 2014 compared to the same...
Peace can bring more violence, says Colombia’s Defense Minister in defense of budget
Colombia’s defense minister called on the country’s congress to continue funding armed...
Colombia congress committees approve 2015 budget after tough campaign by Finance Minister
When Colombia’s congressional economic committee approved the 2015 budget on Wednesday,...
Colombia’s subsidized housing project ran out of funds: Minister
Colombia’s Housing Minister has recognized that there is no money for subsidized housing or...
