Unemployment rises to 11.7%: DANE
Government statistics agency DANE announced Tuesday that unemployment in Colombia reached 11.7 per cent in May, up 0.9% from the same month last year. In May 18.5 million Colombians were…
Government statistics agency DANE announced Tuesday that unemployment in Colombia reached 11.7 per cent in May, up 0.9% from the same month last year. In May 18.5 million Colombians were…
Colombian rice growers say their livelihood is in trouble, because of the poor condition of the road connecting the country’s eastern plains with Bogota and the delay in road works.…
Colombia’s economy should stage a recovery in the second half of the year and return gradually to a path of sustained growth, an official from the International Monetary Fund said…
The Colombian economy “technically speaking” is not in recession, despite showing a negative growth for two consecutive quarters, the country’s Finance Minister said Thursday. Colombia’s economy shrunk 0.6 percent in…
Colombian city Bucaramanga introduced free city-wide wireless internet, RCN’s Colombianews.tv reported Thursday. According to the newscast, the capital of Santander is the first city in Colombia and the second in…
The Colombian economy is officially in recession, government statistics agency DANE announced Thursday. The country’s economy contracted for the second consecutive quarter, this time with 0.6 percent. In the last…
Colombia, the world’s number 3 coffee producer and top supplier of mild arabica beans, could catch up with delays in its coffee exports around October, said Nestor Osorio, head of…
United States tobacco company Philip Morris agreed to pay US$200 million to Colombia’s 32 departmental governments to settle a lawsuit about alleged tax evasion. The departments had sued Philip Morris,…
Colombia’s central bank cut its benchmark rate by the smallest amount in five months in a bid to spur growth without sparking inflation, and said it doesn’t see additional rate…