International journalists calls on Colombia to protect reporters
A flood of reported cases of abuse against Colombian journalists in the last two days of national...
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Coffee growers to harvest in spite of protest: Strike leader
Colombia’s coffee growers will not lay down work completely during the unified national...
Colombia vows to implement new subsidy system to prevent coffee strike
Colombia’s government is proposing a new system to deliver subsidies to coffee farmers in an attempt to avoid the second national industry strike this year. Starting in late February, coffee workers across Colombia engaged...
Colombian coffee farmers sue government over imports and production restrictions
Coffee farmers from western Colombia have sued the government, demanding an end to restriction of the production of lower-quality Colombian coffee and the import of foreign coffee of that quality, the farmers said Wednesday. The...
Cost of Colombia strikes amount to $470M: Banks
Five strikes from differing sectors of Colombia’s economy during the final quarter of 2012...
Colombia government seeks to avoid 2nd coffee farmer strike
The Colombian government on Thursday convened a meeting with coffee farmers to avoid a proposed...
No more financial support for coffee farmers: Finance Minister
Colombia’s Finance Minister said on Wednesday that the government can not give more...
Colombia’s coffee farmers and ‘other sectors’ announce new strike
Colombia’s coffee farmers on Thursday announced to resume massive strikes that were...
President Santos urges Colombians to avoid striking
President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday urged Colombians not to be manipulated and used in strikes that have been occurring throughout the country. “There is a deliberate action to promote strikes of all kinds, and...
Colombia to increase aid to coffee sector with $443M
Colombia’s national government has vowed to increase aid to the country’s troubled coffee sector with $443 million, said the country’s finance minister Friday. According to Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas,...
Colombia’s coffee strikes end after agreement reached
The Colombian government and coffee farmers on Thursday reached an agreement to end the coffee strikes which mobilized some 90,000 people across Colombia. “I celebrate the agreement with the coffee farmers. It’s an...
Coffee strikes fuel gasoline shortages in south Colombia
Fuel shortages caused by striking coffee farmers across southern Colombia have compelled the Colombian government to purchase 1.26 million gallons of gasoline from Ecuador. According to media reports, the shortages reportedly...
