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Colombia’s Central Bank (BanRep) released Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) figures January 2023. Here are the details.

Finance Minister (MinHacienda) Jose Antonio Ocampo gave an interview to Globovisión talking about the possibilities of Venezuela exporting natural gas to Colombia.

The Ministry of Finance (MinHacienda) sent a letter to the Board of Directors of Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC), informing them that in the March meeting the government will change all of their previous members.

Colombia’s Director of Public Credit, José Roberto Acosta, and the Director of the National Planning Department (DPN), Jorge Iván González, discussed the importance of oil and gas to the country’s public finances.

Almost exactly five years ago, I wrote a “What We Think” entitled “Still I look to find a reason to believe” about searching for optimistic signs in a complex situation as Colombia went into an election year (2018). This morning the Tim Harden song that inspired the title came up at random on Spotify and, listening to the words, I thought about ‘recycling’ the lyrics as a structure for current events.

The oil and gas sector has announced its investment plans for this year, focusing mainly on natural gas.

Some aspects of the recent tax reform have generated strong pushback and, in some cases, have been considered unconstitutional.

The National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) reported the value of Colombian exports during December 2022.

Minister of the Environment (MinAmbiente) Susana Muhamad spoke about key issues such as prior consultation, environmental licensing, and fracking.

The head of the Central Bank of Colombia (BanRep), Leonardo Villar, spoke about the exchange rate, inflation, and oil exploration.