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In Colombia, as currently defined by law, workers can access a pension after having contributed 1,300 weeks (about 26 years) and after reaching the required age, which is 62 for men and 57 for women. (Colombians abroad will be able to quote a pension: this is the process). Although the retirement age in Colombia is below the average for OECD countries, which is 60.3 years for women and 66.7 years for men, the country's pensioners are among those who enjoy the least the retirement period.It is estimated that in Colombia, those who obtain a pension enjoy this benefit for less…

The country's ranchers unionized in Fedegán let the Government of Gustavo Petro that the offer of land for sale is already at 400,000 hectares, an offer derived from the agreement signed with the current administration, which, in addition, is the result of the promotional work carried out by said union.(Also read: 'We are ready to start buying land': Cecilia López') In this way, the ranchers responded to the Colombian president, who referred yesterday to the progress of the Agreement for the sale of land for the Agrarian reform. "Fedegán does not sign an agreement to not comply with it," said…

The high prices of electricity is one of the great headaches that Colombians have had to face since September 2021 when rates began to rise considerably. Although this trend will stop in August 2022, rates remain high. According to Dane, last January electricity costs increased 20.95 percent annually. (Read also: Reliability Charge auction called to ensure energy supply) The most affected have been the inhabitants of the seven departments of the Caribbean region, in addition to those who live in Bucaramanga, Cucuta and Medellinwhich registered an increase higher than the national average. Given high prices, it is important to have…

On February 20, the website of the National Civil Service Commission released a piece of news that will be useful to all unemployed people. (Keep reading: Young man reveals how much he got by saving 500 pesos a day for 4 years).​The National Government opened a call for technicians, technologists or professionals from all over the country to apply to the more than three thousand job offers offered by the state so that citizens can exercise in mayoralties, governorships, institutions or public entities of Amazonas, Boyacá, Caquetá, Quindío, Magdalena, Vaupés and Tolima.The call to apply for the 2,289 Government vacancies…