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Economy & Business - December 2025
COLOMBIA: Economy grows and left-wing candidate advances
For a deeply divided country that has seen a resurgence of political violence and has been rocked by one government scandal after another, Colombia’s economy is chugging along quite nicely. This should provide a boost for President Gustavo Petro’s successor candidate, Senator Iván Cepeda, who is polling well ahead of the May 2026 presidential election.
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