Colombia and all of Latin America continue to suffer from the severe crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has left in the economy of the most vulnerable families. That is why more than one of them has been providing economic subsidies, to serve as economic relief in the face of the rise in prices of the basic food basket. Such is the case of the coffee growing country, where Gustavo Petro announced a bonus of 500 thousand pesos.
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What is this new subsidy about and how to know if I am a beneficiary. In this note we tell you everything you need to know about the Bonus 500 thousand announced by the Government of Colombia. In addition to additional information about this important topic that is of great interest to the public Colombian.
Before that, it is important to remember that Colombia recently released a new president, it is about Gustavo Petroa left-wing politician who does not sympathize with the public policies promoted by his predecessor Iván Duque, as certain political analysts have been able to determine.
In addition to that, Colombia has been going through a rise in fuel prices announced by the same Gustavo Petrowho has hinted that the subsidies offered to the price of gasoline could serve other political purposes.
Now yes, below what this new subsidy is about and how to know if I am a beneficiary. In this note we tell you everything you need to know about the Bonus 500 thousand announced by the Government of Colombia.
HOW TO KNOW IF I AM A BENEFICIARY OF THE 500 THOUSAND BONUS OF COLOMBIA
This benefit of Colombiaas promised Gustavo Petrois intended for three million older adults who for various reasons have not yet been able to collect their pensions.
Not much is known about the subsidy delivery date either, since the proposal is recent and was born from the statements made by the president Colombian Gustavo Petro about his controversial pension reform of Colombia.
It is important to mention that for more information on this subsidy Colombian It is key to take into account the information provided by the State through its official channels.
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WHAT IS THE 500 THOUSAND BONUS OF COLOMBIA
This government bond is the first to be announced under the signature of Gustavo Petro, after announcing the end of some others promoted during the government of Iván Duque. As is known, the benefit would reach three million older adults in Colombia and would imply an expense of 18 billion annually.
“A bonus, which instead of $80,000, becomes $500,000 and makes it possible for the old man who is not retired today to overcome the poverty line,” he said. Gustavo Petro and also added.
“There are three million older adults that multiplied by $500,000 clearly implies a pension reform. That is to say, that part of the contributions that remain in private funds enter Colpensiones, originating the pillar system”, explained the president of Colombia during the possession of 7 new officials of his government.
This proposal from the president of Colombia It occurs in the midst of a controversial pension reform promoted by his government, which in theory would seek to finance the subsidies of three million older adults without a pension with part of the contributions of members of private pension funds.
WHAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GUSTAVO PETRO
For more than 40 years Gustavo Petro sought to come to power to change Colombiasomething that happened on August 7, when he was inaugurated as president, a responsibility that he assumes with the social struggles of the left as a banner.
Gustavo Petro is the president of Colombiais a left-wing politician who began his struggle for power as a guerrilla member of the April 19 Movement (M-19), although he has never considered himself a combatant but rather a “revolutionary” because that is how he has always felt and how he carries, for the first time, left to power in Colombia.
Nevertheless, Petro has had to resort to an unprecedented pragmatism in his political career and the cabinet with which he begins his four-year term is made up of people from different political persuasions: from the right, from the center and logically from the left, with whom he will seek to advance great reforms.
Notably Gustavo Petro, within the presidential campaign, was the most voted candidate in the first round and managed to beat an unpredictable Rodolfo Hernández, a 77-year-old independent millionaire; a victory that many attribute to his debates and the public square, his profession as an economist and his humble roots, born into a middle-class family, where he was educated by Lasallian priests.
Currently as president of Colombia, is not very sympathetic to the benefits that the State has been delivering during the harsh crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is why it has announced that these would end this year since there is no budget for the next. It should be mentioned that many of these government benefits were promoted by Iván Duque, a political opponent of Gustavo Petro.