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Petro declares economic emergency in eight departments of Colombia
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The Colombian department of Córdoba faces a climate anomaly that has broken its productive backbone. What the unified command post qualifies as an “atypical emergency” — torrential rains in the middle of the dry season — has put 12.6% of departmental GDP in check. With the Urra reservoir unloading 1,200 cubic meters per second (almost double the allowed limit), the flood translates into a systemic shock that counts for billions. Alvaro Sepúlveda…
The Government of Colombia formalized a new declaration of a state of economic emergency with the objective of managing the humanitarian crisis and infrastructure caused by a cold front in the Caribbean region. The measure, officialized on Wednesday night, will have a validity of 30 days and covers the departments of Córdoba, Antioquia, La Guajira, Sucre, Bolívar, Cesar, Magdalena and Chocó. This legal mechanism gives the presidency the power to…
President Gustavo Petro and Judge Miguel Polo Rosero. Photo: Presidency. The Constitutional Court gave the distribution of Decree 0150 of February 11, 2026, by which the Government declared the State of Economic Emergency to deal with the effects of the severe winter wave recorded in recent weeks. The constitutional review will be by Judge Miguel Polo Rosero, who will act as rapporteur for the automatic control that the Court must exercise on th…
Petro declares economic emergency in eight departments of Colombia
Medellín, Colombia – Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared an economic, social, and ecological emergency this Wednesday, 11 February, in response to flooding across the north of Colombia. Under the measure, Petro will be able to impose taxes through decree, and is expected to attempt to raise COP$8 trillion (USD$2.1 billion) to address the crisis. The measure comes less than two months after Petro’s previous attempt at declaring an econom…
The Colombian government seeks to care for thousands of people affected by the floods caused by the entry of a cold front into the Caribbean with a new declaration of a state of economic emergency in eight departments, which will allow it to create taxes without Congressional endorsement. The entry Gustavo Petro decrees new economic emergency to deal with climate crisis was first published in El Diario
The National Government, through Decree 0150 of February 11, 2026, has formally declared a State of Economic, Social, and Ecological Emergency in eight departments of the country. The measure, which will initially be in effect for 30 days, seeks to mitigate the severe damage caused by the winter storms, especially on the northern coast and in the Chocó region. The priority areas are Córdoba, Antioquia, La Guajira, Sucre, Bolívar, Cesar, Magdalen…
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