Colombia’s Ministry of Agriculture declares a national emergency after receiving evidence of a fungus outbreak affecting bananas in the north of the country. According to the government, tests confirmed suspicions…
The UK-based Fairtrade Foundation is holding their “Fairtrade Fortnight” this week. The two-week drive focuses on protecting Colombian banana farmers against price wars between UK supermarket chains.
A supermarket in Denmark mistakenly received 100kg of cocaine packed inside banana boxes from Colombia, US news agency AP reported on Wednesday.
The Netherlands government has pledged $2.4 million to the Colombian banana sector in the form of a public-private partnership, which could be replicated for the coffee and flower sectors, reported…
The singer Checo Acosta said that Joe Arroyo’s wife blocked him from visiting his critically ill old friend in the hospital. Acosta and several musicians, including Juan Piña, Chelito de…
A lawsuit brought by a group of 185 Colombians against food multinational Dole for allegedly funding paramilitary groups was dismissed by a Californian court, the company announced Friday. The suit…
Nearly 250 Colombians who say they and relatives were victims of violence by Colombian right-wing paramilitaries filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking more than $1 billion in damages from the…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office dismantled a drug-trafficking organization that had been smuggling cocaine to Europe, arresting two serving members of the army and five banana company employees, reported W Radio.…
Drug violence is on the rise in Colombia’s major banana-producing zone, a leading businessman in the area said Monday. Gabriel Harry Hinestrosa, owner of a banana-growing company and and chairman…