Colombians getting older: UN
The Colombian statistics agency and the United Nations found that Colombia’s population is aging rapidly, various media reported Monday. According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), the…
The Colombian statistics agency and the United Nations found that Colombia’s population is aging rapidly, various media reported Monday. According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), the…
Colombia’s finance minister announced Wednesday that there is optimism among foreign investors after Colombia’s economy showed a strong first quarter, reported news site El Pais. Following trips to London and…
More than 600 cases of child labor exploitation were reported in Colombia in the first half of 2011. Miguel Buitago, the manager of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, said in an…
Colombia’s consumer prices rose 0.28 percent in May, the government’s DANE statistics agency said on Saturday, above market expectations due to surge in food prices. Higher-than-expected consumer prices could fuel…
Colombia’s retail sales and industrial output both rose in March, according to government data out Thursday. Retail sales surged 14.6% in March from a year earlier, while industrial output climbed…
Statistics show that for the period January – March 2011, 88.5% of Colombian workers were enrolled in the state social security program, while only 30.2% were involved in a pension…
Colombia experienced a sharp rise in the volume of child workers between 2007 and 2009, with a growth of around 35%, according to a report by the non-profit communications agency…
The number of people employed in Colombia rose to 19.535 million in March from 18.749 million in March 2010, representing a 4.5% increase., according to a report by the National…
Production in the Colombian manufacturing sector, excluding coffee processing, grew by 2.4% on the year in February 2011, according to a report by the National Statistics Agency DANE released Tuesday.…