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The households that receive money orders from relatives who work abroad received almost five billion pesos more than what would have come to them if the peso had not weakened as it did in 2022.According to the Bank of the Republic, remittances broke their record for the eighth consecutive year, and 9,429 million dollars arrived in the country for this concept, an increase in dollars of 9.7 percent.(Also read: Dollar in Colombia: what is the reason for its downward trend?) But the harsh devaluation of the peso last year —which was concentrated in the second semester with 18 new dollar…

Another of Gustavo Petro's key reforms, the pension, progressed in its construction process, with the presentation of the proposals of the unions and of Asofondos and Fasecolda before the subcommittee defined by the Ministry of Labor. (See: Minhacienda rules out that Colpensiones can become a bank).The unions arrived with a list of 30 points, among which the strengthening of Colpensiones and the elimination of private funds stand out; an old-age income of one minimum wage for people over 65 years of age without the possibility of retiring, which is a position of the public administrator; and the increase in pensions…

The Ministry of Labor reported that it received, within the framework of the pension reform subcommittee made up of production unions, trade union centrals, the National Government and experts; the proposals of the unions and also of entities such as Asofondos and Fasecolda.(Read: Colpensiones closed 2022 with 1.57 million retirees). The Minister of Labor, Gloria Inés Ramírez, recalled that the initial proposal of the National Government is based on a system of pillars. A first pillar, with which a beneficiary is sought for nearly 4 million older adults who do not have the possibility of receiving a pension, who would…

in 2022 246,831 new housing units were sold throughout the national territory, according to figures from the Colombian Chamber of Construction (Camacol).(Read: Rents: they are rising by less than what is authorized by law). In order for buyers to make the right decisions, the real estate startup La Haus carried out a study to analyzer characteristics were the areas with the best performance in the main cities of the country and which points have the highest valuation. To perform the analysis, the firm took into account four sources of information: increase in value per square meter in a defined time…