January 27, 2025 20:41 GMT
COLOMBIA: Colombia to Delay Some Infrastructure Project Spending
COLOMBIA
"Colombia Issues Decree to Delay 2025 Spending Budget of COP12T
* Colombia’s finance ministry published on its website a decree with details on how the government will delay spending some 12 trillion pesos ($2.8 billion) from the year’s budget.
- Big infrastructure projects including the Bogota Metro, the Canal del Dique, which seeks to connect the Cartagena Bay to the Magdalena River, and mass transit systems in some of Colombia’s main cities will see delays in government transfers
- Finance Minister Diego Guevara has said that the government will carry out spending depending on how tax revenue evolves, as it seeks to avoid cutting the budget" - BBG
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