US EditionPetro Warns that He Can Dismiss Mayors Who Do Not Solve the Rates of the Property Tax
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Colombia's president, Gustavo Petro, warned that mayors who do not push for adjustments in property tax rates can be dismissed, when a week of protests and blockades are celebrated in the department of Santander.
The peasant strike called since last Thursday for the increase of the property tax in different municipalities is aggravated. The protests and blockades, concentrated in the departments of Santander and Boyacá, although also with presence in Norte de Santander, Cesar and Risaralda, extend for the fifth day in a row and threaten to drain those territories. The protesters, the vast majority of them members of peasant and rural organizations, denou…
After six days of blockades that affected mobility in various areas of the department, Governor Juvenal Díaz Mateus announced on Tuesday, April 14, the lifting of the peasant strike following the signing of a compromise act that seeks to resolve the conflict over the rural land registry. The protest, led by peasant communities, had begun in rejection of the increases in the cadastral appraisals of their properties, a situation that, they denounc…
During this Monday's Council of Ministers, the President of the Republic, Gustavo Petro, launched strong criticisms against mayors and governors of the country for the increase in the property tax, even warning about possible judicial consequences. The president said that his government has already given instructions to guarantee access to food, in ... The post Petro attacks mayors and governors for raising the property and warns jail appeared f…
Petro vs mayors: president threatens jail and Asocapitales responds to him. Collage with presidential image and Asocapitales The increase in the property tax ceased to be just a tax discussion to become a high-level political pulse.What began as citizen claims for increases in bills ended up climbing to the government of President Gustavo Petro, which raised the tone against mayors and governors, and an institutional response that warns risks fo…
Petro warns mayors by cadastral assessment: “immediately get out of office by my order” Agencia Period... Lun, 13/04/2026 - 18:13 The president announces legal actions and asks municipal agreements to lower the property to vulnerable sectors.
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