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Economy & Business - December 2023
COLOMBIA: Petro and his budgetary tightrope
When Colombia’s congress in November 2022 approved a tax reform worth some Col$20trn (US$5bn) per year, President Gustavo Petro was ebullient over the pot of cash that would allow him to finance welfare spending, including cash transfers and an ambitious land reform.
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