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Cooxupé warns about possible shipping delays due to trucker strike
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The strike over high fuel prices has paralyzed Brazil, the top global exporter of soybeans, sugar, coffee and chicken. Industrial action was to spread to...
Brazil’s coffee exports hit by eight-week-old customs strike, reports Cecafé
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South America's largest port, Santos of Brazil, has been hard hit by strike action by the nation's customs officials, which has intensified as it...
Coffee futures fall on bearish news
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MILAN - The Colombian government and truckers unions reached an agreement on Friday to end the longest and most costly strike in Colombian history...
Arabica futures reach new highs on weather concerns
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Arabica coffee futures ended in positive territory for the sixth straight session Tuesday on weather news from Brazil and speculative short covering. The benchmark contract for ...
Colombian coffee growers threaten national strike
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Colombian coffee growers are threatening to call for a mass national strike in the second half of July should the government continue to ignore...
BRAZIL – Police clears main acces road to the port of Santos
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A main access road to Brazil's Port of Santos was cleared early on Wednesday after a truck driver strike dispersed, reports Reuters adding though...
BRAZIL – Massive truck strike blocks off access to the Port of Santos
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A massive truck strike in Brazil, now in its eighth day has spread to at least 10 states, intensifying despite government threats of heavy...
COLOMBIA – Coffee production slows down in April. Strikes enter into their second week
BOGOTA – Colombia ’s coffee production dropped 14% in April to 832,000 bags, down from 970,000 bags harvested during the same month in 2013,...
COLOMBIA – Federation to pay promised stipend to farmers for 2013
The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC) has reportedly announced that it will pay the the remaining aid stipends to coffee farmers...
COLOMBIA – Farmers prepare for new wave of nationwide strikes
Colombian farmers and agricultural workers are preparing for a new wave of nationwide strikes, set for April 28, claiming the government of President Juan...