Colombia’s 2019 unemployment rate highest since 2011
Colombia’s unemployment rate that has been increasing since 2015 accelerated and reached 10.5% in 2019, but some experts believe there is light at the end of the tunnel. The hike…
Colombia’s unemployment rate that has been increasing since 2015 accelerated and reached 10.5% in 2019, but some experts believe there is light at the end of the tunnel. The hike…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque raised the country’s monthly minimum wage 6% to almost $268 (COP877,803) after employers and labor unions failed to come to an agreement. The labor unions, emboldened…
Despite the government having announced multiple measures to curb it, Colombia’s unemployment rate continues to accelerate and reached 9.8% in October. The unemployment statistics are more bad news for President…
Colombia’s government wants public entities to drop job experience demands to lower the country’s 18% youth unemployment rate, according to economic magazine Dinero. According to a decree drafted by the…
Unemployment in Colombia rose 1.6 percentage points to 10.8% in August, the highest level since 2010. The government seems to have no idea how to curb the accelerating trend. According…
President Ivan Duque promised the International Labor Organization (ILO) on Wednesday that he will reverse Colombia’s rising unemployment rate and push it to a record low before leaving office. Speaking…
Colombia’s iconic Pielroja cigarette will be taken off the market after multinational Philip Morris announced it would close its factories in Colombia. The announcement has been a disaster for at…
Bogota’s Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday that the business group has launched a project to help Venezuelan refugees find work in Colombia. “The arrival of migrants must be seen as…
Dozens of iconic “palenquera” fruit sellers took to the streets in Cartagena on Tuesday, claiming that the city’s police are denying their right to work. The protest of the folkloric…