Key Facts — What happened. Ricardo Valencia, fired as director of DANE (Colombia’s national statistics agency) on 14 September, is now publicly defending the data that got him removed. — What he said. Valencia told local media DANE’s technical independence “is sacred,” and that he stands by his reading of the July unemployment data. — […] The post Colombia: Fired DANE Chief Ricardo Valencia Defends His Numbers appeared first on The Rio Times.
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