South Korea, Colombia vow to expand ties in health care, climate change

South Korea and Colombia vowed to deepen ties and step up cooperation in the

areas of health care, digital transformation and climate change, as the top envoys of the two

countries met Wednesday.

Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong held talks with visiting Colombian Vice President

and Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez in Seoul, discussing a wide range of bilateral

and regional issues. Ramirez was in Seoul to attend the Korea-Pacific Alliance Green

Economy Forum held earlier in the day, joined by three other Pacific Alliance members,

Chile, Peru and Mexico.

“The two countries will develop bilateral relations and expand cooperation against

the new challenges, including health care, digital transformation, climate change and the

‘fourth industrial revolution,’” Chung said at the start of the meeting, noting the two

countries will mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties next year.

Ramirez also echoed Chung’s statement, stressing that the two countries will jointly

respond to various new challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change,

based on the joint statement the leaders of the two countries adopted in August.

Chung also recognized Bogota’s support for Seoul’s efforts to become an associate

member of the Pacific Alliance, which Colombia is chairing this year.

 South Korea, which is currently an observer country, has been seeking to become an

associate member of the Latin American trade bloc in a bid to expand economic

partnerships.

“Colombia continuously and wholeheartedly supports South Korea joining the

Pacific Alliance as an associate member,” said Ramirez. “The brotherhood forged between

the two countries 70 years ago when Colombia participated in the Korean War has become

a steadfast foundation of the bilateral ties.”

She additionally expressed hope the two countries could expand ties in areas of not

only trade and culture, but also in science, technological innovation and the environment.

Corea del sur en los últimos años han avanzado como país desarrollado con sus

últimas tecnologías, la salud y la variedad del mercado han cautivado su expansión a

diferentes países y entre esos se encuentra Colombia, en sí. Colombia y Corea del sur

siempre han estado unidos por el apoyo de hace años que tuvo Corea del sur en la guerra y

Colombia siendo un apoyo protegiendo la libertad y la igualdad, para así, siendo gran

cercanía bilaterales de ambos países.

En este percance se demuestra que ambos lazos quieren seguir siendo unidos, por

ejemplo, Corea del sur quiere enfatizar y suministrar algunas herramientas tecnológicas,

intensificar el cambio climático y la salud. Colombia siendo un país con riqueza en fauna y

flora y demostrando una vez mas que tiene gran poder para las relaciones bilaterales con
Corea del sur y mas por su aniversario 60 de lazos diplomáticos entre ambos países son

comienzos de nuevos desafíos, grandes metas propuesta como la transformación digital y el

cuidado de la salud y sin embargo Colombia tendría más oportunidades de nuevos

servicios de salud y mas por el inicio de la pandemia del COVID-19.

En ese mismo día se varios de la alianza del pacifico (Chile, México y Perú)

entablaron conversaciones estables para la cercanía de Corea del sur quiere ser parte de la

alianza del pacifico y así profundizar grandes proyectos de avanzos a los países

latinoamericanos.

U.S. coffee roasters scramble for Colombian supplies, prices jump

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coffee processors in the United States are scrambling to

secure Colombian coffee stocks as recent protests in the South American country have

disrupted deliveries to the world’s largest coffee consumer.

Stocks of Colombian coffee, a very popular type of mild arabica beans among U.S.

customers, are rapidly shrinking as roasters with contracts to supply groceries and coffee

shops with coffee specifically labeled as 100% Colombian rush to get those bags, importers

said.

Some of that Colombian coffee will be replaced by other mild beans from Central

American countries, they said, but at a smaller scale. “You can’t really replace Colombians.

Big roasters have commitments to deliver those packages to supermarkets,” said a U.S.-

based coffee importer, adding that he has basically ran out of that coffee in the last few

days. He said prices for Colombian coffee stocked in the United States rose to up to 75
cents per pound over ICE futures in the local cash market, from a 55 to 58 cents premium

before the anti-government protests in Colombia that blocked roads and stopped the flow of

coffee to ports. Protests have paused, but it will take time for normal flows to resume.

“It should take 60 to 90 days. There is a short supply of Colombians in the arrivals,

in the offloads at ports,” said Christian Wolthers, a partner at U.S. coffee importer Wolthers

Douque LLC. Jairo Castano Vargas, who works for an independent Colombian coffee

exporter, said that despite the formal end of protests, problems persist. “Some trucks with

goods have been attacked by demonstrators when approaching the ports,” he said. The port

of Cartagena is still only at 20% of loading capacity.

A third U.S. importer said that some roasters who are not contractually obligated to

supply coffee from a specific origin may replace Colombian beans with other coffees in

their blends. He also said that smaller specialty coffee roasters may take Colombian coffees

off the shelf temporarily if they can not find them at reasonable prices.

El café siendo en los últimos años el gran exportador de Colombia el café suave y

con gran potencial por su rico y delicioso sabor el café arábico colombiano se mantiene en

posición de ser exportador en Estados Unidos ya que los consumidores lo idolatran como el

mejor siendo comparados con otros países que exportan su propio café.

El año pasado hubo manifestaciones en grande escala en todo el país y siendo tan

terrible la situación algunos suministros de café subieron saqueados por algunos ciudadanos

y no dejando paso alguno y esto afecto mucho la exportacion ya que en su total entro 20%,

para los tostadores de Estados Unidos, sin embargo también subió el precio del
almacenamiento que estaba en Estados Unidos del café colombiano siendo así por las

protestas y el cambio repentino que sucedió por la secuelas de las protestas.

En aquellos momentos las empresas de exportaciones se vieron afectadas y esto más

que todo no solo influye un mal momento para las empresas si no la economía que el país

atraviesa, la economía es fundamental cuando sube las exportaciones demostrando que

Colombia es un país de alto porcentaje de sus suministros de producción agrícola.