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Patricia Laya

@pattylaya

Andes Bureau Chief covering Venezuela and Colombia for @Bloomberg | 2022 Harvard @NiemanFdn fellow | Previously in Mexico/Madrid/DC [email protected]

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Colombian Bonds Lag Peers as Investors Lose Faith in Fiscal Rule: The credibility of Colombia's fiscal rule, which is meant to limit the government’s ability to run up debt, is in question after President Gustavo Petro's government breached it last year. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Colombian Bonds Lag Peers as Investors Lose Faith in Fiscal Rule:

The credibility of Colombia's fiscal rule, which is meant to limit the government’s ability to run up debt, is in question after President Gustavo Petro's government breached it last year.

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Exclusive: Venezuela has asked China to step up oil purchases to preempt the US-ordered exit of Chevron and other foreign energy operators next month. In response, China has requested an even steeper discount on oil purchases bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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As unwelcome reminders from the worst days of Venezuela’s economic crisis crop up, businesses and households are revisiting the playbooks that got them through the months-long dysfunction of 2019. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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Meet the new class! We’re pleased to introduce the 2026 Nieman Fellows, 22 accomplished journalists who cover stories around the globe. They’ll join us at Harvard University this fall to study, investigate and collaborate. Welcome to all. nieman.harvard.edu/the-nieman-fou…

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Colombia’s president says he plans to sign up to China’s Belt and Road initiative, potentially boosting Beijing’s growing influence while further souring his relationship with the US, Patricia Laya & Andreina Itriago report bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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The surprise exit of a group of political opposition members from Caracas has brought new life to the beleaguered market for Venezuela’s defaulted bonds. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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🇨🇴 🇨🇳 El presidente Gustavo Petro se unió a la iniciativa de la Ruta de la Seda de China con el objetivo de estimular el comercio y atraer inversión china a Colombia, aunque su máxima autoridad diplomática recalcó que EE.UU. continúa siendo el principal aliado del país. Reportan

🇨🇴 🇨🇳 El presidente Gustavo Petro se unió a la iniciativa de la Ruta de la Seda de China con el objetivo de estimular el comercio y atraer inversión china a Colombia, aunque su máxima autoridad diplomática recalcó que EE.UU. continúa siendo el principal aliado del país. Reportan
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Colombia’s illegal armies are expanding beyond the remote mountains and jungles where they are traditionally strongest, and are penetrating formerly safe areas that are of great importance to Colombia's economy: bloomberg.com/news/features/… by Matthew Bristow

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Disney notified Florida-based employees who are losing temporary legal residency in the US that their jobs would be terminated next month after the Supreme Court revoked protections for 350,000 Venezuelans bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Suriname is heading to the polls in an election that will help shape how the South American country adapts to its newfound oil wealth: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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#Exclusive The Trump administration is preparing to issue a narrowly tailored license to Chevron, allowing the oil producer to conduct minimal maintenance of essential operations in Venezuela bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot at a campaign event in Bogota on Saturday in an act reminiscent of the drug-fueled political violence that roiled the nation in the 1980s and early 1990s: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Last Thursday, presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay warned that Colombia was fast sinking back into its violent past. Two days later, a gunman shot him in the head during a rally. Our latest: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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A wave of terror attacks across Colombia is stirring fears of regression to the dark days of the 1990s, when cocaine cartels and guerrillas made the Andean nation the most violent on Earth: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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The US won’t renew a license shielding Venezuela’s Monómeros from sanctions after June 27, cutting off the key fertilizer supplier for Colombia from the financial sector: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Exclusiva: Monómeros perderá su licencia OFAC para operar en Colombia a finales de Junio bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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With more licences being allowed to expire the Trump administration is slowly increasing the pressure on Maduro again. #Venezuela

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Colombia’s central bank needs to win over skeptics as it tries to modernize the financial system and reduce the nation’s heavy reliance on cash. While Colombia has wide access to financial products, 8 out of 10 transactions still take place in cash: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

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"The trade-off between boosting worker benefits and putting companies under greater financial strain fits a pattern for Petro, who became the Andean nation’s first leftist president on promises to transform its conservative economic model" Via Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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One year after he faced his biggest threat to power yet, Nicolás Maduro is closer than ever to wresting full control of over Venezuela’s political establishment bloomberg.com/news/articles/…