31.   He said Brazil and other major Latin American coffee producers were to meet in Bogota, Colombia, this weekend to discuss the sagging market.

32.   In return, the government is demanding that coffee producers inject more dynamic management into an industry it says has lived off its laurels for too long.

33.   International coffee futures rose earlier this week, partly out of fear the protest would cause chaos in Colombia, a major coffee producer.

34.   Key Latin American coffee producers, including the Brazilians, are scheduled to meet in Bogota, Colombia, this weekend to discuss the sagging market.

35.   Leading coffee producers on Tuesday ratified their commitment to restrict the supply of coffee to the market in the year ahead.

36.   Luiz Milton Costa, a trade official in Brazilian capital, said the government was talking about a possible halt to exports with coffee producers.

37.   Salazar said government met with coffee producers and users before it cut the tariff on coffee.

38.   The government is offering credit to coffee producers to hold coffee off the market and keep prices up.

39.   A plan to withhold volumes put together by leading coffee producers never really worked and fell apart by September.

40.   Coffee producers such as Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda, were among the worst hit in this regard.