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Agriculture - US cable - 2004: LINK ¤ 04BOGOTA4326

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - a FTA - free trade agreement !"

 

 

 

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• "with Colombia - agriculture - was Colombia's most sensitive sector !"

 

 

 

 

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• "because of the circumstances - of the two countries !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the products - most protected - by Colombia !"

 

 

 

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• "were wheat - corn - and oilseeds !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flowers - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BOGOTA8534

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• "Colombia's - flower production - 100,000 workers - majority female !"

 

 

 

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• "98 percent - exported - 80 percent - US - Europe - and Japan !"

 

 

 

 

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• "forty larger farms - one-half of the market !"

 

 

 

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• "60 medium - and 200 small farms !"

 

 

 

 

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• "Ayade Silva - president of Colombia's largest - flower workers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "union - Untraflores - said "workers"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "who tried - to organize - union activities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "must not be threatened - and fired !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nestle - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BOGOTA2995

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• "Nestle - 1978 - milk condensing facility - in Florencia !"

 

 

 

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• "two milk cooling plants - in the northern towns of El Doncello !"

   

   

   

   

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• "and San Vicente de Caguan - was buying milk !"

 

 

 

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• "from 2,500 - dairy farmers !"

 

 

 

 

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• "150 custom trucks - milk farmers - processing in Florencia !"

 

 

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• "condensed milk - to plants - on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Trade - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BOGOTA273

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• "the US embassy wrote - it was Colombia's largest !"

 

 

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• "trading partner - exports of Colombia slowed - the year before !"

 

 

 

 

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• "due to the Colombian - peso's appreciation - against the dollar !"

 

 

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• "and also had increased pressure on - Colombia's account deficit !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Capital Controls - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BOGOTA1708

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• "Colombia's central bank - implemented controls !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "on inflows - of foreign capital !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in an attempt - to stem the appreciation - of the Colombian peso !"

 

 

 

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• "the US dollar - had fallen a further 16 percent !"

 

 

 

 

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• "a series of factors - many external - had driven the peso !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wealth Tax - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BOGOTA1302

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• "the Colombian government - approves a four-year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• ""wealth tax" - on liquid assets !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "of Colombia's - richest citizens - and businesses !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the "wealth tax" - "impuesto al patrimonio" - applies to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "50,000 - individuals - and corporations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and levies a - 1.2 percent tax !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
  

 

 

 

 

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• "on liquid assets - valued over three billion pesos - US$ 1.35 million !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "the revenues are - eight trillion pesos - US$ 3.73 billion - per year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Colombia Budget - US cable - 2008: LINK ¤ 08BOGOTA4577

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• "Colombia's - defense budget - as a percentage !"

 

 

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• "of GDP - 5.7% !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09BOGOTA437

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - Uribe - liberalizations !"

 

 

 

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• "telecommunications - accounting - auditing - energy - and tourism !"

 

 

 

 

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• "legal services - and insurance - distribution services - and advertising - and data processing !"

 

 

 

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• "the US embassy had lobbied - Uribe - privatizations !"

 

 

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• "electricity - mining - hydrocarbons - and financial sectors !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COLOMBIA ECONOMY - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ COLOMBIA ECONOMY