MADRID, Spain - The Spanish national news agency Efe is moving its Latin America text and photo editing desks from Miami to Bogota, Colombia, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Ana Vaca de Osma said the decision was made in an effort to be closer to clients in Latin America, and had nothing to do with the company's revenue or market share in the United States.
Efe's Spanish-language coverage of U.S. news will continue to be edited in Miami, Vaca de Osma said, and the company will maintain reporters there as well.
About 20 employees who edit Latin American text and photos will be affected.
Staff will be offered a chance to keep their jobs by relocating to Bogota. The contracts of locally hired workers who do not relocate will be rescinded under the terms of U.S. labor law, Vaca de Osma said.
The overall idea "is greater proximity to our clients in Latin America without forgetting our clients in the United States," she said.
Other major news agencies also base their Latin America editing desks in the region: The Associated Press in Mexico City, Reuters in Santiago, Chile, and Agence France-Presse in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Efe's decision was made last week and will probably be carried out early next year, Vaca de Osma said.
