Andres Schipani
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 00:00
Among the top producers of high quality arabica beans, they are demanding help from Bogota, in a sign of the strain that a 55 per cent drop in prices over the past two years is inflicting
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
The extended contracts come with new add on in terms of commitments to social projects which appears to be the new remit of the government to keep local communities happy
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
A demobilised guerrilla speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Financial Times he believed "a good chunk of the guerrillas won't give up their rifles so easily. It will take a good while"
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 00:00
While agrarian reform is the main item on the agenda, the biggest bone of contention appears to be the halting of hostilities while negotiations take place
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 00:00
The attorney-general's office relaunched a preliminary probe in to Mr Uribe's connection to brutal paramilitaries while he was governor of the rich Antioquia province from 1995 to 1997
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 00:00
He was the last member of the Politburo and the final historic member of the Shining Path
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 00:00
Rating agencies seem confident about the Andean country, whatever the outcome.
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 00:00
The absence of authority in large parts of the country has allowed anarchy to flourish between leftwing rebels, drug gangs and paramilitaries in the past five decades, a situation worsened by disputed property rights.
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 00:00
Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer by sales, has sold its business in Colombia for $2.5bn, in another retreat from an international market under new chief executive
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 00:00
Colombia and Farc rebels confirmed they will start peace negotiations on Wednesday in Oslo, after outstanding arrest warrants against rebel negotiators threatened to further extend Latin America's longest-running armed conflict.