COLOMBIA
Analysts
Juan Carlos Echeverry
Former President of Ecopetrol, Finance Minister
Andres Escobar
Former Deputy Finance Minister
Mauricio Santa Maria
Former President of ANIF, Planning MinisterDatabanks
Recent Country Insights
Power supply dangerously close to critical condition
COLOMBIA · In Brief · 18 Apr 2024 · 2 responses
The Electricity and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) issues on a regular basis a reference daily path for the National Interconnected System reservoirs’ aggregate level. This path is considered to be the minimum required to guarantee that power supply meets demand; should the aggregate level fall...
Healthcare reform sunk in Congress, but reform drive continues at full steam
COLOMBIA · In Brief · 03 Apr 2024
In spite of resorting to all the tricks in the known universe, the government could not stop the sinking of the healthcare reform in Congress, after 8 Senators in the 7th Committee presented a motion to sink it two weeks ago (Ponencia de Arichivo). After many days and weeks in which the governmen...
Parade or charade?
COLOMBIA · Report · 22 Mar 2024 · 1 response
There were many reactions to President Gustavo Petro’s idea of convening a Constitutional Assembly. Possibly the most synthesizing one came from constitutional lawyer Juan Manuel Charry, who wrote that Petro doesn’t know whether his role is to subvert the institutional order or to govern (“no sab...
Finally, the C-word
COLOMBIA · In Brief · 18 Mar 2024 · 1 response
On Friday, March 15, in a speech aimed to invigorate his supporters, out of the blue, President Petro came out with a proposal everyone feared since he ran for president; namely, aiming to change the constitution via a Constitutional Assembly (CA). He finally recurred to the C-word. In his own wo...
Are these the dog days of fiscal consolidation?
COLOMBIA · Report · 22 Feb 2024 · 1 response
President Gustavo Petro uses the expression “golpe blando” to mean a style of soft coup-d’état that doesn’t involve force, massive street demonstrations or the actual ouster of a president. Rather, under this concept, the seizure of power can occur subtly, via legal initiatives, investigations fo...
“They won’t let us govern”
COLOMBIA · Report · 31 Jan 2024 · 1 response
In reaction to the Procuraduría General’s three-month suspension of Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva, President Gustavo Petro paranoically pointed to a conspiracy against his government. But events may suggest other conclusions: a mishandled bidding process that led to a probably successful suit by ...
Webinar replay - Colombia in 2024: Fiscal, Inflation, Reforms and Politics
COLOMBIA · Report · 19 Jan 2024 · 2 responses
Watch the replay of our webinar featuring GlobalSource Partners' Colombia Analysts Juan Carlos Echeverry, Andres Escobar and Mauricio Santa Maria as they discuss Colombia's macro and political outlook in 2024.
Slide Presentation: Colombia in 2024 - Fiscal, Inflation, Reforms and Politics
COLOMBIA · Report · 18 Jan 2024
Gain insight into Colombia's 2024 macro and political outlook with the slide presentation from our webinar, "Colombia in 2024: Fiscal, Inflation, Reforms and Politics".
Health care heads for Never Never Land
COLOMBIA · Report · 15 Dec 2023 · 1 response
The government’s healthcare reform proposal has survived its first crucial test in Congress: it was finally approved by the House on December 5th. Now it will be reviewed by the Senate, where harder discussions will take place in March. Though this is a positive for the government, a formal step ...