周二清晨，哥伦比亚议员们批准了明年总计634.9万亿比索（约合2011.4亿美元）的预算支出分配方案。该方案削减了与一项实施已有10年的和平协议相关的开支，同时增加了国防经费并减少了债务偿还支出。
Colombian lawmakers approved spending distributions for next year's 634.9 trillion peso ($201.14 billion) budget early on Tuesday, trimming spending linked to a 10-year-old peace agreement, boosting defense funds and reducing debt service payments.
这份预算预计2027年的财政赤字将占国内生产总值的9.4%，这一数额较今年555.8万亿比索的预算水平有了显著提升。
The budget, which projects a 2027 fiscal deficit of 9.4% of gross domestic product, is a significant increase from the 555.8 trillion peso budget for this year.
作为拉丁美洲第四大经济体，哥伦比亚目前正努力整顿公共财政状况。预计今年及明年该国公共债务还将继续上升，使得其难以重新获得2021年失去的投资级信用评级。
The bigger budget comes as Colombia, Latin America's fourth-largest economy, struggles to put its public accounts in order. Public debt is expected to rise this year and next, moving the country further from regaining the investment-grade rating it lost in 2021.
新任右翼总统阿贝拉多·德·拉·埃斯普里埃拉领导的政府曾承诺削减今年剩余的开支，并计划向国会提交一项“救急法案”，旨在削减2027年的支出规模，将财政赤字比例降至国内生产总值的7.2%。
The government of new right-wing President Abelardo De La Espriella had promised to trim remaining spending for this year and said it plans to propose a "Rescue Law" to Congress to cut 2027 spending and reduce the fiscal deficit to 7.2% of GDP.
众议院议员们以112票赞成、仅1票反对的结果通过了该预算案。
Lawmakers in the lower house approved the budget bill with 112 votes in favor and only one against it.
“感谢各位给予我们这份信任票。我们定能带领国家走出当前极为严峻的经济困境，”财政部长米格尔·戈麦斯在参议院周一通过该法案后说道。
"Thank you all for giving us this vote of confidence. We are going to succeed in getting the country out of this very complex economic situation," Finance Minister Miguel Gomez said after the Senate passed the bill on Monday.