Posted by Toni Peters | Mar 28, 2012 | Economy
Sixty-four per cent of agricultural and livestock workers expect their situation to be regular or good in 2012, according to a farming industry survey. Furthermore 80% of the 2,500 survey participants felt their production was...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Mar 27, 2012 | Economy
Grupo Caravajal profits have risen 26% from 2010 with the figure for 2011 now standing at $118 million, Colombian media reported Tuesday. Sales revenue also increased by 5% to $1.8 billion. The president of the group, which has...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Mar 27, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s Finance Minister said the “future is about being competitive,” indicating domestic producers and exporters should accept the pain of a strong peso, reported Reuters. At a meeting of the...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Mar 27, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s former finance minister and candidate for the World Bank presidency said he has a “real chance” of being elected. In an interview with CNN Global Exchange, Jose Antonio Ocampo — one of two...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Mar 23, 2012 | Economy
Colombian exporters and producers have asked the government to take additional measures to keep the peso in check against the dollar. Javier Diaz, president of the National Association of Exporters, ANALDEX, and Agosto Solano,...
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