Tag: Colombia Economy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - You can now taste one of the most famous coffees in the world with your ears and eyes as music producers and scientists in Colombia join forces to develop a new sensory experience for...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Theft of crude oil from pipelines operated by Colombia's state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol rose by 46% last year, driven by surging robberies along the Cano Limon-Covenas pipeline, a company spokesman said.
On average, 2,638 barrels...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia has issued new global bonds worth US$1.3 billion to international capital markets, while also reopening earlier-issued bonds, the ministry of finance said on Wednesday, January 13th.
The new bonds, due in 2061, have a...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s unemployment rate stood at 13.3% in November, which represents an increase of four percentage points compared to the same month of the previous year and a better reading compared to the previous months,...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia beat its record for eradicating coca crops for the second year in a row, the government said Wednesday, although the country still remains the world’s leading producer of cocaine.
“We have achieved the highest...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia's minimum wage will increase 3.5% in 2021, President Ivan Duque said in a Twitter message on Tuesday, December 30th, double the projected level of inflation for the past 12 months.
The minimum wage will...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Colombia’s economy shrank 9% in the third quarter compared with the same period last year, the government said on Tuesday, November 17th, as it continues to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and...
