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Colombia wants to supports farmers after expelling guerrillas from coca-crowing region. October 22, 2024. President Gustavo Petro announced that his government plans to buy coca from farmers while they are integrated into Colombia’s legal economy. The announcement immediately spurred controversy, because of international legislation….
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Latest news from Colombia. Colombia wants to supports farmers after expelling guerrillas from coca-crowing region
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Colombia raises minimum wage by 12%. Colombia’s Labor Ministry raised the country’s minimum wage by 12% to $335 (COP1.3 million). The wage hike affects the monthly income of some 2.5 million workers and is more than…. Latest news on Colombia's economy.
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2023年9月25日 · Poverty in Colombia decreased in last year after a major surge caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.. Colombia’s poverty rate. Colombia poverty rate dropped slightly in 2022, the statistics agency DANE said in its annual report. According to the DANE, almost 19 million people lived off less than $97,94 (COP396,864) per month last year.
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The risks and opportunities of ceasefires with Colombia’s illegal armed groups. January 2, 2023. Colombia’s security forces will try to uphold bilateral ceasefires with five illegal armed groups in the coming six months. The ceasefires would temporarily end hostilities between the security forces and…. Read more.
Poverty in Colombia dropped 6.7 points since 2021 - Colombia …
2024年7月17日 · Poverty in Colombia dropped 6.7 percentage points to 33% of the population between 2021 and 2023, according to statistics agency DANE.. This means that last year some 15.8 million people lived off less than $109.50 (COP435,375) per month. According to DANE, poverty reduction programs allowed some 1.6 million …
Colombia's poverty rate down to 39.3% as economy recovers from …
2022年4月27日 · Colombia’s poverty rate dropped 3.2 percentage points to 39.3% in 2021 as the country tried to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to statistics agency DANE.. This implies that an estimated 19.6 million people in Colombia lived off less than $89.50 (COP354,031) per month. Colombia’s extreme poverty rate of people living off less than $40.70 (COP161,099) per month went from 15. ...
Former presidents of Colombia's congress formally accused of …
by Adriaan Alsema November 6, 2024. Colombia’s Supreme Court formally accused the former presidents of Congress of allegedly receiving bribes to secure their support for government reforms. The formal accusation against former Senate President Ivan Name and former House president Andres Calle followed a preliminary investigation into the ...
Colombia’s armed conflict deescalated: report
by Adriaan Alsema November 29, 2023. Violence related to Colombia’s armed conflict decreased over the past year, according to the prosecution of war crimes tribunal JEP. In a report, the JEP’s Investigation and Accusation Unit (UIA) said that violent incidents registered between January and October were considerably lower compared to the ...