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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 08 April 2020

In brief: Colombia seeks IMF loan to boost emergency budget

* Colombia’s finance minister Alberto Carrasquilla has told the country’s congress that the government has submitted a request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a US$11bn emergency loan, to help tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the related economic challenges. Carrasquilla reported that the government has already added a total of Col$18.3trn (US$4.6bn) to the annual budget (which now totals Col$290trn) in response to the emergency, but said that the approval of IMF funding will allow further action to be taken.

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