The price of fuel will gradually converge to the international value under official monitoring.
News Colombia.
The national government announced the elimination of the diesel subsidy for private, diplomatic and official vehicles, as part of a strategy to correct economic distortions and reduce the high fiscal cost that the State had been assuming. The measure was presented by the Energy sector as a necessary adjustment to better focus public resources.
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As the Executive explained, the subsidy that was being dismantled benefited non-essential uses, which went against the objective of protecting the most sensitive sectors of the economy. With this decision, the aim is to ensure that State resources continue to be directed towards key activities, preventing public funds from ending up favoring vehicles that do not fulfill a priority social function.
The government of @petrogustavo focuses the diesel subsidy to protect public transportation and families’ pockets.
With the issuance of Decree 1428 of 2025, the national government corrects a diesel subsidy that for years benefited vehicles with no social function… pic.twitter.com/mMAPtRiUel
— Minenergía (@MinEnergiaCo) January 7, 2026
One of the central points of the announcement is that cargo and passenger transportation is excluded from the elimination of the subsidy. This means that buses, trucks and other vehicles that support the country’s mobility and supply will not see increases in their costs, which helps contain possible increases in transportation rates and food prices.
The Government also noted that the price of diesel for non-subsidized uses will gradually converge towards its international value, a measure that seeks to strengthen the financial sustainability of the Fuel Price Stabilization Fund (FEPC), which for years has recorded a large deficit.
The implementation of the adjustment will be gradual and with monitoring in the main cities of the country, in order to evaluate its impact and correct possible flaws in the process. The authorities recognize that one of the challenges will be to avoid the emergence of a black market for diesel, given the difference in prices between the subsidized and non-subsidized sectors.
With this decision, the Government insists that public transportation or the popular economy will not be affected, and that the adjustment points to a more responsible management of public finances. The debate now focuses on the capacity for control and surveillance to ensure that the measure meets its objective without generating unwanted side effects.
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