Losses Soar as Unrest Hits Colombian Ports, Mines and Refineries
- Protests that began April 28 morphed into a mass movement
- Inflation forecast to spike the most since 1998 this month
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A month of unrest across Colombia is threatening to derail the fragile economic recovery as supply chains are hit by blockades of ports, highways, mines and refineries.
The nation’s biggest Pacific port and one of its two main coal mines have been paralyzed by protests, its biggest oil refinery can’t function normally, and roadblocks have cut off some of the richest farmland, causing food prices to soar.