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- DJ Colombia Fedecafe Coffee Purchase Prices - July 3
Below are prices set by Colombia's National Federation of Coffee Growers, or Fedecafe, for purchases by the National Coffee Fund on Friday. The prices, for a 125-kilogram bag of parchment coffee, apply until further notice but normally stay in effect for
- DJ Colombia Posts Apr Trade Deficit Of $106M Vs Surplus Apr 08
Colombia posted a trade deficit of $106 million from a $183 million surplus in the same month in 2008, the national statistics department DANE said Friday. In the first four months of the year the country posted a deficit of $118 million compared with a
- Kirk And Uribe Discuss US Colombia FTA
The Colombia FTA is a comprehensive free trade agreement US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe met in Washington on June 29 to discuss the US-Colombia FTA, which remains unratified by the US more than two-and-a-half years
- Colombia and Mexico: Latin America Bond and Currency Preview
Latin America Economy (Bloomberg)?The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Latin American local bonds and currencies today. Bond yields and exchange rates are from the previous day?s session. Colombia: The central bank will
- Colombia disarms 1,371 rebels in first half year
BOGOTA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government said on Friday that as many as 1,371 anti-government guerrillas were disarmed in the first half of this year. According to a report released by the government, 1,083 rebels who laid down their weapons
- Colombia has April trade deficit vs yr-ago surplus
BOGOTA, July 3 - Colombia posted a trade deficit of $106.4 million in April versus a surplus o... Saturday 04 July 2009 economy 3 Colombian exports slumped 27.7 percent in April from the same month last year to $2.42 billion, according to a statement
- Colombian rebels & hopes of end to war
Colombias left-wing rebels, their numbers cut by death and desertions, are increasing their attacks a year after they lost their prize hostage in a stunning rescue and raised hopes for an end to the war. While the frequency of violent guerrilla
- Colombia: New displacement continue
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre; Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Full_report (pdf* format - 250.3 Kbytes) The protracted internal armed conflict in Colombia had to May 2009 displaced almost 3.1 million people according to the government,
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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government. An anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has grown to be several thousand strong in recent years, challenging the insurgents for control of territory and illicit industries such as the drug trade and the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas. While Bogota continues to try to negotiate a settlement, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.
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