Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 2, 2013 | Economy
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday promised an increase in subsidies for the country’s coffee-growing industry. Farmers have been on strike for almost a week to demand more support for the sector that is...
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Four men died in simultaneous assassination attempts in two malls in the southwestern Colombian city of Cali Thursday. The attacks took place Thursday afternoon in the Chipichape and Palmetto Plaza malls located respectively in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2013 | News
Colombia’s largest coal miner, Cerrejon, said Sunday that rebels have broken into the mine’s premises in the north of the country and burned down several of the companies’ trucks. “In the dawn of Sunday...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2013 | News
A Colombian senator surrendered to justice and was subsequently jailed Saturday over charges she sought political benefits through alliances with paramilitary death squads. U Party Senator Piedad Zuccardi reportedly arrived at...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2013 | News
Colombia’s coffee growers federation Fedecafe on Sunday rejected an imminent growers’ strike and calls on protesting farmers who demand more help from the government to negotiate. Fedecafe, the federation...
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