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BY NADJA DROST

THE SURGING price of gold has unleashed a gold rush in Colombia, and international criminal networks are using the burgeoning trade in the precious metal to clean the proceeds of crime. In a country with as intimate a connection with the illicit drugs trade and terrorism as Colombia, the risks posed to anti-money laundering authorities are significant.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

DEFINING a niche drink is an arbitrary matter and what may pass as niche today may well be considered mainstream tomorrow. Flavoured vodka, for instance, had a relatively specialised following in Europe until a few years ago – now it is classified as an official spirit drink under European Union (EU) regulations.…

BY WANG FANGQING

A NEW China-owned wine company in Chile will try to overcome perceptions among Chinese consumers that Chilean wine is a low-grade tipple. China’s largest food trading company, the state-owned COFCO Group, has paid US dollars USD18 million to purchase part of Viña Bisquertt, a Providencia, Chile-based winery.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

THE ORIGINAL inhabitants of Latin America, who dominated the region prior to the Spanish and Portuguese conquests, have often had a rough deal regarding tertiary education. But initiatives are underway to right this wrong. This May the Peruvian National Congress’ Education Commission approved a proposal to create a National Aymara University, the first institute for higher learning in Peru designed to serve so-called ‘indigenous’ peoples of the country.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

THE ORIGINAL inhabitants of Latin America, who dominated the region prior to the Spanish and Portuguese conquests, have often had a rough deal regarding tertiary education. But initiatives are underway to right this wrong. This May the Peruvian National Congress’ Education Commission approved a proposal to create a National Aymara University, the first institute for higher learning in Peru designed to serve so-called ‘indigenous’ peoples of the country.…

BY MARK ROWE

IS the recession’s worst over for the jet fuel aviation industry? Passenger traffic during this late spring and summer has risen sharply compared with flights year-on-year, giving hope to an industry that Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), described last year as "structurally sick".…

BY KARRYN MILLER

The success of Tesco and Sainsbury’s private label drinks products in Britain cannot be denied. In a time when many companies are tightening their belts and streamlining their product mix, these supermarket retailers are expanding their own-label (to use the standard UK term) drinks range – and consumers are benefiting.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

While most of the alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages produced in Brazil are consumed domestically, the exception is the juice sector. Brazil is one of the world’s top three producers of tropical fruit, according to Brazilian Fruits Institute (IBRAF), and an important global provider of fruit juice.…

BY JOHN PAGNI

Russia has a strong drinks sector, for spirits, beer and juices, especially. Alcoholic beverage makers are having to deal with flat sales on the domestic market and a government determined to reduce alcohol consumption, forcing quality producers to look for export sales to boost profits.…

BY WANG FANGQING

Given the fast-growing domestic consumption of branded drinks, Chinese beverage manufacturers are racing to expand their production.

The Beijing-based Huiyuan Group (NOTE – SPELLING IS CORRECT), China’s leading fruit juice manufacturer (and which Coca-Cola failed to purchase last year), announced a massive investment of Chinese Yuan CNY5 billion (US dollar USD731 million) in April 2010 to develop a sparkling fruit juice line.…