Colombia to Raise Gasoline Prices as Oil Costs Pressure Budget

A worker holds a fuel pump nozzle at a gas station in Cali, Colombia.

Photographer: Jair F. Coll/Bloomberg

Colombia will raise domestic gasoline prices this month as higher oil costs strain an already widening budget deficit.

Fuel prices in major cities will increase by an average 375 pesosBloomberg Terminal ($0.10), while diesel will rise by about 81 pesos, the energy and gas regulator known as CREG said.