Economy

Due to the "abuse" that the figure of the Contracts for the provision of services In public entities, the Government of Gustavo Petro wants to limit them and that only those that are aimed at carrying out specific and specialized tasks, which are for an established period of time, are really used.(You can also read: More than 192,000 hectares of those offered by Fedegán for the reform are not suitable) For this reason, the country's public entities are currently carrying out a employment formalization plan and, once completed, it could come to make decisions regarding the contractors: if they work…

The insistence of government officials on the possibility that Colombia import natural gas from venezuela It highlights that 17 years after the agreement that opened the doors to this option, the neighboring country still does not meet the requirements agreed at that time.Since the requirements have not been met, the gas import contract could not be executed despite what officials such as the Finance Minister, José Antonio Ocampo, said. The head of the portfolio recently said that "if there are possibilities" to buy Venezuelan gas.(Also read: The future of oil and natural gas looks increasingly uncertain) In 2004, a contract…

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Despite the fact that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, like the world in general, show clear signs of economic slowdown since 2022, a year otherwise marked by the shot at cost of livingThe region registers a slight advance in the reduction of the poverty and extreme poverty indices of its population with respect to the levels left by the pandemic.This is one of the aspects highlighted by the 'Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022', a document prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal), in which it warns that last…