Banana protests in northwest Colombia leave 1 dead and 14 injured
A series of protests by banana workers has left one dead and several injured in Antioquia, local media reported Wednesday.
A series of protests by banana workers has left one dead and several injured in Antioquia, local media reported Wednesday.
Leaders of Colombia’s national agrarian movement are reorganizing as the Colombian government has failed to deliver on promises made as a result of national strikes and negotiations.
Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development announced on Wednesday that the rural sector needs around $25 billion for infrastructure projects like irrigation systems, to help the countryside deal with…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced former Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe Arias to 17 years and four months in prison for embezzling agricultural subsidies meant to stimulate the country’s ailing agricultural sector.…
Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture announced that the country needs to make better use of its agricultural potential as a means to reduce poverty, Colombian media reported on Monday.
Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC) is finishing preparations for the labor-union elections that will take place in early September, local media reported on Tuesday.
The agricultural reform passed by Colombia’s Congress this Wednesday is an encouraging step forward, but the law “should have been passed last December,” a rural leader told Colombia Reports on Thursday.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos has himself to blame for losing electoral support on the countryside after numerous protests to improve living conditions were mishandled, according to rural leaders.
A five-month investigation has revealed around 250,000 acres have been given away under court orders to largely unknown third parties in the central states of Casanare and Meta, according to…