Miguel Gomez has been appointed finance minister by Colombia’s president-elect, Abelardo De La Espriella. Gomez will be tasked with pushing ambitious economic reforms through a polarized Congress to help ameliorate the country’s deteriorating finances.
De La Espriella has promised to cut taxes, ease regulations, and shrink the state 40% to address a large deficit that has impacted the country’s credit rating.
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