Posted by Joey O'Gorman | Aug 31, 2012 | Economy
Colombian unemployment figures dropped to the lowest levels in 11 years, according to the state statistic office (DANE) in a report on Friday. National unemployment rates hit 10.9% in July this year, down from 11.5% at the same...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Aug 31, 2012 | News
Colombia’s disgraced former Congresswoman Yidis Medina has been sentenced to 32 years for kidnapping, according to a press release from the Prosecutor General’s Office on Friday. The court found Medina guilty of the...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Aug 31, 2012 | Coffee region
Manizales prepares to tread the boards for its 34th theater festival, running from September 1 to 9. Artists from nearly 50 theater and street-theater ensembles, hailing from all over the world, will show their talents in the...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Aug 31, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s ownership of the U.S. flower market leads to American growers claiming their government is “working hard” to put them out of business, according to a report by McClatchy Newspapers on Friday. There...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Aug 31, 2012 | Economy
Head of operations at the International Coffee Organization (ICO) said on Friday that the peace talks announced by Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos are unlikely to affect the international coffee business. Jose D....
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