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LONDON/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's international bonds and peso currency suffered on Thursday following the surprise ouster of finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, with analysts warning of more pressure to come. | 09:27am
Colombia's international bonds suffered on Thursday following the surprise ouster of finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, with analysts warning of more pressure to come on the country's bonds and currency.
Colombia's incoming finance minister Ricardo Bonilla and President Gustavo Petro sought to calm the market on Thursday as the peso currency, bonds and the stock exchange fell following the surprise ouster of Bonilla's predecessor.
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