Economy

  The price of Colombian coffee increased drastically in April and recorded its highest monthly average since February 1998, the International Coffee Organization (ICO) stated Monday. Heavy rains and the…

The managing director of the World Bank, Salvadorian Juan Jose Daboub, said Thursday in Bogota he was “impressed” with the stability of the Colombian economy and the government’s reaction to…

Colombian banana farm workers in the country’s key growing region went on strike over pay and benefits on Friday, threatening hundreds of thousands of boxes exported a day, union leaders…

Colombia’s peso advanced 0.3 percent to 2,216.28 per dollar, from 2,222.05 Thursday. The currency headed for its biggest weekly gain since the period ended March 20, increasing 3.5 percent.  The…

Colombia’s income through export dropped 17.4 percent in February compared to the same month last year, the country’s statistics department announced Thursday. The export to the Unites States, contracting more…

Colombia is looking for its economy to recover in the second half of this year, and for zero or above-zero growth for the whole of 2009, Finance Minister Oscar Zuluaga…

Director for the IMF’s Western Hemisphere department, Nicolás Eyzaguirre, praised the strength of the Colombian economy and estimates Colombia will be one of the first Latin American countries to find…

  Colombia recorded an inflation rate of 0.32 per cent in April, the National Statistics Department announced Monday. One year ago the inflation rate was 0.71 per cent. In the…

Colombia’s government has approved a partial permit for Anglogold Ashanti to carry out limited exploration work for the country’s La Colosa gold mine, the environmental ministry said on Wednesday. The…