Steady economic progress, coupled with renewed security after a tough fight to increase stability in guerrilla-held rural areas, have renewed confidence in Latin America’s third-largest country. Indeed, it appears as though Colombia’s reputation as a major global narcotics trafficker and home to crime and instability has finally given way to a...
On December 26, 2012 Colombia’s Congress passed and approved Law 1607, a fiscal reform bill designed to modernise the tax system and in the process help stimulate job creation. The reform is also anticipated to have tangible effects in combating the high level of inequality by raising the top income tax rates and creating vehicles for increased...
Latin America is a region on the rise. Politically stable, economically prosperous and with a strong vision, countries like Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Peru are growing at enviable rates, setting themselves apart from the regions’ previous era, which came to be called “the lost decade”. While the continent keeps testing integration formulas,...
Given recent free trade agreements (FTAs) with the US and the EU, is Colombia prioritising bilateral rather than regional trade agreements?
How does the wave of expropriations and nationalisations in Venezuela and Argentina affect EU confidence in the legal stability of Peru?
As free trade agreements (FTAs) are two-way streets, how much difficulty does Colombian industry face from foreign competition?
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