哥伦比亚议员周二早些时候批准预算增加16%，加剧了投资者对该国债务负担日益加重的担忧。
Colombian lawmakers early Tuesday approved a 16% budget increase, adding to investor concerns over the nation’s growing debt burden.
参众两院现已均通过政府提出的2027年635万亿比索（约2010亿美元）预算。
The Senate and lower house have now both greenlit a 635 trillion-peso ($201 billion) budget for 2027 proposed by the government.
自政府8月公布支出计划以来，哥伦比亚债券收益率大幅上涨。国际货币基金组织西半球部主任奈杰尔·查克上周表示，该国财政状况“不可持续”。哥伦比亚总统阿贝拉多·德拉埃斯普里耶拉8月就职，目前正就新的IMF项目进行谈判，以应对前任留下的财政崩溃。
Colombian bond yields have jumped since the government unveiled its spending plan in August. Nigel Chalk, the Western Hemisphere Department director at the International Monetary Fund, said last week that the nation’s fiscal situation is “unsustainable.”Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella took office in August and is now in talks for a new IMF program to help deal with the fiscal ruin left behind by his predecessor.
政府称，预算增加是为了覆盖医疗、养老金和利息支付等义务中高于预期的支出。
His administration says the budget increase is needed to cover higher-than-expected spending on healthcare, pensions and interest payments, among other obligations.
议员们维持总支出与政府提案持平，但将8.4万亿比索从偿债转向投资和应对8月袭击哥伦比亚西部的毁灭性地震。
Lawmakers kept overall spending unchanged from the government’s proposal, but shifted 8.4 trillion pesos from debt service to investment and the response to the devastating earthquake that struck western Colombia in August.
哥伦比亚将于11月在波哥大接待IMF技术代表团，继续就支持其财政稳定努力进行探索性谈判，财政部长米格尔·戈麦斯称该国面临严峻财政局面。
Colombia will receive an IMF technical mission in Bogota in November to continue exploratory talks on support for its fiscal stabilization efforts as it seeks to address what Finance Minister Miguel Gómez described as a critical fiscal situation.
“这是开始恢复我国经济稳定的第一步，”戈麦斯在众议院周二早些时候通过法案后表示，“以实现我们希望在未来几年看到的增长与繁荣。” 关注点现在将转向德拉埃斯普里耶拉政府能否赢得国会批准相当于国内生产总值2%以上的调整计划。根据政府自身预测，若无纠正措施，明年赤字可能超过GDP的9%。
“This is the first step to start recovering the stability of our economy,” Gómez said after the bill was approved in the lower house early Tuesday. “To generate growth and prosperity as we hope it will be in the coming years.”Attention will now shift to whether de la Espriella’s administration can win congressional approval for an adjustment plan equivalent to more than 2% of gross domestic product. Without corrective measures, the deficit could exceed 9% of GDP next year, according to the government’s own forecasts.