The Colombian air force on Saturday transported 190 foreigners who were trapped in Cali, Colombia’s third largest city, due to an ongoing strike by Colombian coffee growers. The coffee growers…
The city of Popayan in southwestern Colombia was reportedly “shut off” from the rest of the country Monday, and as a result, citizens are living through a “critical situation” due to…
Colombia coffee growers denied Saturday having reached a deal with the government. Instead they announced to continue their strike and the blocking of roads to demand government aid for one…
Following concessions of the government over increased financial support for one of Colombia’s most iconic economic sectors, coffee growers on Saturday have agreed to lift a strike and roadblocks that…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday promised an increase in subsidies for the country’s coffee-growing industry. Farmers have been on strike for almost a week to demand more support…
The Colombian government on Friday failed to come to an agreement with representatives from the country’s coffee growers to put an end to the massive country-wide strike. As the demonstrations push…
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) on Thursday extended its support to Colombia’s coffee federation (Fedecafe) while tens of thousands of growers continued to protest all across the country. “Of course…
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday called an emergency cabinet meeting to come up with a “rapid solution” to the country’s ongoing coffee growers strike which the government said…
Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, on Wednesday expressed solidarity with the thousands of coffee growers currently on strike while criticizing the government’s neoliberal economic model for exasperating the problem. “Although…