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As much as 10% of the country's coffee-growing region, or about 300,000 acres, were replanted this year in a bid to get rid of the scourge.

Trouble Brews in Colombia Leslie Josephs 2011

Turlington Burns knows this fear firsthand: she experienced a life-threatening hemorrhage during her first pregnancy, which spurred her to pursue a Master's degree in public health and become an advocate for women's health and an ambassador for the organization CARE $8 from the sale of each "Every Woman Counts" CD will go to CARE's maternal health programs in coffee-growing countries.

Kristi York Wooten: A-List Moms Team with Starbucks to Ensure "Every Mother Counts" Kristi York Wooten 2011

BOGOTA, Colombia—A predawn explosion Friday at a gasoline pipeline in Colombia's coffee-growing region killed about a dozen people and injured scores more, with officials who initially blamed the blast on fuel thieves now say torrential rains were the culprit.

Toll Mounts in Colombian Pipeline Explosion Dan Molinski 2011

Colombia is the world's largest producer of mild washed arabica coffee, and the country's exporters rely on truckers to bring their product from the coffee-growing region in the interior to the main coffee-export port of Buenaventura on the Pacific side.

Striking Colombia Truckers Stall Traffic With Roadblocks Dan Molinski 2011

Turlington Burns knows this fear firsthand: she experienced a life-threatening hemorrhage during her first pregnancy, which spurred her to pursue a Master's degree in public health and become an advocate for women's health and an ambassador for the organization CARE $8 from the sale of each "Every Woman Counts" CD will go to CARE's maternal health programs in coffee-growing countries.

Kristi York Wooten: A-List Moms Team with Starbucks to Ensure "Every Mother Counts" Kristi York Wooten 2011

Earlier this month, 20 people in a bus were killed when an overflowing river in the lush coffee-growing region swept the vehicle off a steep highway.

Lashing Rains Intensify in Colombia Dan Molinski 2011

A Dozen, Officials Say A predawn explosion at a gasoline pipeline in Colombia's coffee-growing region killed about a dozen people and injured more than 75 others, many of them children, authorities said.

World Watch 2011

Ah, the war goes on, but please, do not draw swords in the coffee-growing countries.

Caffeine, Annotated Christian Bell 2011

Images of a mudslide that buried several houses over the weekend in a neighborhood in the city of Manizales, located in the country's most prominent coffee-growing region, have shocked Colombians.

Toll Mounts in Colombia Mudslides Darcy Crowe 2011

It was the coffee-growing center of 19th century Brazil; later, the country's coffee production shifted to the rich soils of the states of São Paulo and Paraná.

Chris McGowan: Brazil's Hidden Magical Music Festival 2010