Posted by Zach Edling | Nov 26, 2012 | Economy
Colombian coffee growers will not produce enough coffee to meet an already-lowered 2012 target as torrential rains, a rising peso and lower international prices have caused production to slacken and the price per load to...
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A massacre in western Colombia adds to the string of violence permeating through the region, local media reported Monday. According to reports, four people were slaughtered in San Juan, Choco near the port city of Buenaventura...
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Colombia’s prison authority said Monday it has thwarted a prison break by high-profile drug trafficking suspects in the northeast of the country. According to prison authority INPEC, two imprisoned drug traffickers...
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A group claiming to be part of the neo-paramilitary “Urabeños” warned stores located on the campus of Medellin’s University of Antioquia campus that if they do not pay a “war tax” they will be...
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A judge in western Colombia sends nine members of the Communist Party and leftist movement Marcha Patriotica to jail for their ties to rebel group FARC, local media reported Monday The Manizales judge’s decision went...
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