LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 23 May 2017

Colombia: President Juan Manuel Santos has sworn-in José Antonio Ocampo as the new co-director of the central bank (Banrep). Ocampo replaces César Vallejo, whose eight-year term had ended. President Santos also swore-in Jorge Castaño as the new head of the financial superintendence and Luis Fernando Mejía as the new director of the national planning department (DNP) in a mini-reshuffle prompted by the departure of the previous officials who resigned ahead of their presumptive attempts to seek an elected post in next year’s general elections.

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