Tag: Bogotá

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Five dead, many injured in Colombian bullfighting event

  

  Five people have died and dozens were injured following the collapse Sunday afternoon of several boxes at a Colombian bullring in El Espinal, in the department of Tolima, 157 kilometers south of Bogota.

• Monday, March 28th 2022 - 21:25 UTC

  Girl wounded at bombing of Colombian police station dies

  

  A bomb attack against a police station in the Colombian capital of Bogotá last Saturday has a new fatal victim after a 5-year-old girl who was wounded in the incident died Monday, authorities have confirmed.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Colombians dressed in white take to the streets of Bogotá to demand an end to protests

  

  Thousands took to the streets on Sunday in Bogotá to demand an end to protests and roadblocks and to express support for security forces. The demonstrators dressed in white and waving Colombian flags seem to be the response to almost a month of rioting and clashes bloody clashes between protestors and the forces.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 06:32 UTC

  Colombia, South Korea strengthen bilateral relations during Seoul envoy trip to Bogota

  

  During his Bogota stop, South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-Kun expressed his country's concerns over Japan's intentions to release the contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, the Asian nation's Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday in a statement.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Colombian demobilized ex guerrillas demand an end to killings of members

  

  Hundreds of demobilized former members of the FARC rebel group marched in Colombia's capital Bogota on Sunday to demand more security, implementation of a 2016 peace deal, and an end to the killings of former combatants.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Colombian organizations take over the center of Bogotá to protest against government

  

  Protesters filled a historic square in Colombia’s capital on Wednesday to demonstrate against the government’s handling of a wide range of issues including the economic fallout of the pandemic and implementation of the peace accord.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:55 UTC

  Mayor of Bogota calls for reconciliation following nights of shootings and rioting because of police brutality

  

  The mayor of Bogota begged forgiveness on Sunday and called for reconciliation after protests in Colombia's capital the past week left 11 civilians dead and hundreds injured.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:14 UTC

  Deaths and rioting: Colombian defense minister apologizes for police brutality that triggered Bogotá protests

  

  Colombia's defense minister apologized on Friday on behalf of the national police for an incident of police brutality that sparked two nights of protests that rocked parts of the capital Bogota and satellite city Soacha, leaving 11 dead and hundreds injured.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Colombia's capital first woman mayor promises to fight “racism, class distinctions and xenophobia”

  

  Bogota's first woman mayor Claudia Lopez took office on Wednesday, promising leadership in the troubled Colombian capital and pledging to fight “racism, class distinctions and xenophobia.”

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 06:30 UTC

  First woman elected mayor of Bogotá, defeats long tradition of Colombian male political elite

  

  Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fight against corruption in Colombia, on Sunday became the first woman to be elected mayor of the capital Bogota.