Colombia’s national government has vowed to increase aid to the country’s troubled coffee sector with $443 million, said the country’s finance minister Friday. According to Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas, government…
The Colombian government and coffee farmers on Thursday reached an agreement to end the coffee strikes which mobilized some 90,000 people across Colombia. “I celebrate the agreement with the coffee…
Fuel shortages caused by striking coffee farmers across southern Colombia have compelled the Colombian government to purchase 1.26 million gallons of gasoline from Ecuador. According to media reports, the shortages…
The Colombian government and the coffee strikers temporarily suspended negotiations on Thursday after having failed to reach an agreement on subsidies for the country’s coffee sector. MORE: Colombian govt meets…
Representatives from the Colombian government on Wednesday sat down with 32 representatives of the coffee growers to try and broker a deal to end the 10-day strike. Leading the government…
Colombia’s prosecutor general is preparing arrest warrants for the leaders of the ongoing coffee strike in the south-central Huila department, a local ombudsman told Colombia Reports Wednesday. “The Prosecutor General…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos declared on Tuesday that Vice President Angelino Garzon will lead the dialogue with tens of thousands of striking coffee growers. The appointment came after the…
Colombian ombudsmen have on Tuesday denounced police brutality against coffee strikers across three departments in Colombia’s south. The reports were made from the south-central Huila departments and the southwestern Cauca…
Colombians have taken to Facebook to share evidence of police repression against striking coffee workers. Despite not receiving coverage from major Colombian media, several videos and photos have gone viral,…