Noticias del día en Colombia - BLU Radio · Bumbox Podcast

Choque económico, caos en pasaportes y tensión global

April 8, 2026·22 min·1 clip

Colombia's Finance Minister attacks the Central Bank for raising interest rates, claiming its board is out of touch with global reality.

1. Mañanas Blue on BLU Radio presents its midday news bulletin for Colombia, directed by Camila Zuluaga and co-anchored by Lobo Dan Wilches. 2. The main hosts and reporters include Andrés Carmona (economy), Juan David Ríos (passport crisis), Marcela Peña (Rappi), Alejandro Rosales (cattle sector), Salima Félix (indigenous rights), Felipe García (crime), Héctor David Santamaría (human trafficking), Richard Quiñones (Norte de Santander), Dalida Orozco (Cartagena), and César Moreno (international). 3. The episode covers approximately 12 separate news stories spanning economics, public services, crime, international diplomacy, and sports. 4. Finance Minister Germán Ávila criticized the Banco de la República's Junta Directiva for raising the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points in April, calling the central bank 'out of touch with global reality' and announcing a policy economics forum at Bogotá's Auditorio Rogelio Salmona on April 21. 5. Ávila named economists Mariana Mazzucato, Thomas Piketty, and Joseph Stiglitz as invited participants in the forum. 6. The CITAG platform—Colombia's central cancillería system for passports, notarial acts, civil registry, and consular visas—failed nationwide, suspending services in Bogotá, Cali, Bucaramanga, and multiple countries including Chile and Mexico. 7. José Fernando Salcedo of UNIDIPLO stated the intermittent failures predate even Semana Santa and no restoration timeline has been provided to the public. 8. Rappi received a fine exceeding 4 billion pesos from the Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio for poor service quality, unauthorized charges, and non-compliance with consumer protection directives; the company announced it would challenge the sanction legally while increasing technology investment. 9. Cattle ranchers in Colombia's Caribbean coast rejected President Gustavo Petro's proposal to halt beef exports, citing that in 2025 Colombia exported 34,000 tonnes to China while domestic per-capita consumption rose from 16.4 to 18.4 kilograms—evidence that exports do not reduce domestic supply. 10. The UN condemned the killing of indigenous leader Reinaldo José Campo Cucubana, a Macahuán pueblo governor, in the municipality of Tame, Arauca, where FARC dissidents had previously threatened him. 11. Alias Mizón (alias El Viejo), head of Los Maracuchos, was captured in Ecuador after building a Bogotá-based criminal network for roughly 10 years: drug trafficking, ordering homicides between 2021 and 2024, money laundering through bars including Los Potrillos, and reportedly facilitating the Tren de Aragua's entry into Bogotá in 2018. 12. Mizón's alleged monthly revenue was 2 billion pesos and accumulated assets exceed 20 billion pesos; he lived with a penthouse, high-value jewelry including a diamond ring, and luxury care for a pet. 13. In Medellín, Edgar Joan Taborda Ortiz, 31, was arrested in Envigado for human trafficking after allegedly sending a 24-year-old woman to Mexico City for sexual exploitation; the woman has been missing since February 24, 2025. 14. In Norte de Santander, a second teacher, Marisol Barroso Ochoa, died from injuries sustained in a road accident on the Cúcuta–Sardinata highway, bringing the death toll to two educators from the same crash; five others remain injured. 15. Cartagena reduced dengue cases by 46.6% in Q1 2026—from 3,543 cases to 1,891—with DADIS director Rafael Navarro citing a vaccination campaign of 5,400 doses administered in a pilot program targeting nine-year-olds. 16. Israel launched 160 bombs in 10 minutes on Lebanon, killing more than 100 people, on the same day a US-Iran 15-day ceasefire was announced; Iran threatened to exit the deal if attacks continued and blocked the Strait of Hormuz. 17. Contradictory negotiation documents circulated: the US published a 15-point framework while Iranian state media released a 10-point plan that included Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz and continued uranium enrichment. 18. J.D. Vance, speaking from Europe, warned that 'Donald Trump is not playing' and that Iran 'will know the real force of the United States' if it ignores Trump's words. 19. In the Europa League quarterfinals, Juan Camilo Hernández started for Real Betis away at Sporting de Braga, with a match rating of 6.9 after 33 minutes; Barcelona faced Atlético de Madrid in the Champions League at the same time. 20. Rappi trended on X (formerly Twitter) in Colombia after the 4-billion-peso fine, with users cataloguing complaints about service failures, unauthorized charges, and inadequate membership disclosures.

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