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Published on Feb 18, 2025Source: The Pig Site - Neutral
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Published on Feb 18, 2025
Colombia, Costa Rica, and overall banana prices see slight increases of up to 2%
Weekly banana price report - Week 7 In the latest banana pricing data, the average price of Colombian bananas has increased slightly from £0.94 per kilogram last week to £0.96 per kilogram this week. This reflects a £0.02 increase, marking a 2% rise in …
Source: Fresh Plaza - Neutral -
Published on Feb 18, 2025
Alfredo Castro Starring ‘After Elena,’ by Shawn Garry, Boarded by Colombia’s Doc:Co (EXCLUSIVE)
Colombia’s Doc:Co is set to co-produce “After Elena,” headed by one of Latin America’s foremost of actors, Alfredo Castro, whose turns in Tony Manero, ‘No’ and ‘The Club’ helped Pablo Larraín lift off as an international filmmaker. Moved at Berlin by …
Source: Variety - Label Pending -
Published on Feb 17, 2025
Colombia’s president exploits antisemitism for political gain
The nation of Colombia – and its polarizing President Gustavo Petro – have recently dominated headlines in connection with issues such as Cabinet resignations, tariffs, migrants and even whether cocaine is “worse than whiskey.” (The president says it’s not …
Source: The Jerusalem Post - Center-right -
Published on Feb 17, 2025
Colombia’s leftist government in chaos as elections loom
Hours after Colombia’s leftist president Gustavo Petro demanded that his entire cabinet resign, he boarded a flight to Dubai to give a speech on artificial intelligence and the threat it poses to “global civilisation”. But while the onetime guerrilla group …
Source: The Financial Times - Neutral -
Published on Feb 17, 2025
Colombia’s Justice Minister sounds alarm over child suicides linked to forced recruitment
Justice Minister Ángela María Buitrago, a close political ally of leftist President Gustavo Petro, has raised the alarm over a devastating increase in child recruitment by armed groups in Colombia. Buitrago revealed that some children, particularly in …
Source: The City Paper Bogotá - Center-right -
Published on Feb 17, 2025
The Fragile Peace Behind and Beyond Prison Bars in Colombia’s Buenaventura
“Since I took over leadership of Marte, I have improved conditions for detainees,” says Silvio,* a mediator between inmates and local authorities at this temporary detention center in the port city of Buenaventura, on Colombia’s Pacific coast. For …
Source: InSight Crime - Washington D.C. - Neutral -
Published on Feb 17, 2025
Colombia Suffered a Low Growth 2024 as Energy Sector Lagged
(Bloomberg) -- Colombia suffered another year of weak economic growth as the oil, gas and coal sectors contracted while tight monetary policy held back manufacturing. Most Read from Bloomberg Gross domestic product expanded 1.7% in 2024 from a year earlier …
Source: Yahoo Finance - Label Pending -
Published on Feb 17, 2025
Colombia helps with 55 dogs for Canine Unit
The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) significantly strengthened its canine units (K9) with the addition of 55 highly trained dogs from Colombia to work in the fight crime. The dogs, representing breeds such as Belgian Malinois, Golden Retriever, German …
Source: DR1 - Neutral -
Published on Feb 17, 2025
High Level Dialogue on climate between Colombia and the EU
On 11 February, at the San Carlos Palace, headquarters of the Colombian Foreign Ministry, Colombia and the European Union met for the second High Level Dialogue on Climate and Environment which focused on climate change. On the Colombian side, the meeting …
Source: EU Reporter - Uncategorized