Colombia | Time of hope

The challenging context that Colombia is facing due to the higher peak of contagions, the hard economic conditions and the slow recovery of employment, pose a challenge for all of us. This must be faced with hope in order to quickly reach a consensus that will sustain social spending and propel us back to recovery.

Key points

• Key points:
• The hopelessness of these two months can be read through the lens of two very negative pieces of data just released: the loss of nearly 700,000 jobs in April.
• The government's social support plan to sustain social spending should be discussed quickly.
• It is time to build to quickly reverse the supply effects of the blockades.
• The government, together with businessmen, traders, investors, politicians, young people and beneficiaries of public aid are in a process of consensus building that we must all support.

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