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Montevideo, January 2nd 2026 - 05:30 UTC

Tag: Colombia

  • Tuesday, December 30th 2025 - 09:42 UTC

    Petro orders huge minimum wage increase in Colombia

    Petro's move has been regarded as a farce to condition next year's vote

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Monday a historic 23.7% increase in the minimum wage for 2026, making it the largest upward adjustment in 25 years. The measure includes transport subsidies.

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  • Wednesday, December 24th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Colombia: Petro declares 30-Day “economic emergency”

    Petro warned that the Constitutional Court repealing his measure would trigger a “serious economic crisis”

    In a move to bypass Congress on his proposed tax hikes, Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared a 30-day “economic emergency” on Tuesday. The measure, enacted via Decree 1390 of 2025, grants the head of State extraordinary powers for 30 days to circumvent Parliament and impose new taxes on the country’s wealthiest citizens.

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  • Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Petro suggests Maduro moves on to “transitional government”

    Maduro wants to join forces with Colombia as Trump warns Petro would be targeted next

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro has intensified diplomatic pressure on his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, calling for a “general amnesty” and the formation of a “transitional government with the inclusion of all” to resolve Venezuela’s protracted political crisis.

  • Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:41 UTC

    Motorbike bomb hits Colombian town of Balboa

    Sánchez offered a reward of over US$50,000 for data leading to the capture of the perpetrators

    A motorbike laden with explosives was detonated near the main park and police station in the municipality of Balboa on Saturday afternoon, December 6, causing widespread chaos and injuries in the Colombian province of Cauca.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 03:18 UTC

    Colombian prosecutors want President's son arrested

    The president's son has previously faced judicial restrictions, including a ban on leaving his city of residence

    Colombian prosecutors formally requested on Tuesday that Nicolás Petro Burgos, the eldest son of President Gustavo Petro, be placed in preventive detention on charges of alleged money laundering and illicit enrichment.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 09:46 UTC

    Lev Tahor sect members expelled from Colombia

    Had Lev Tahor settled in Colombia, authorities would have needed a search warrant, Arriero noted

    The Colombian government on Monday expelled nine adult members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor and placed 17 minors associated with the group into the protective custody of US authorities, following an international alert regarding the safety of the children.

  • Friday, November 28th 2025 - 21:52 UTC

    ICRC President warns of humanitarian deterioration in Colombia

    “Children are disproportionately affected” in Cauca, Spoljaric said

    International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric issued a statement on Friday upon completing her three-day visit to Colombia. In the document, she warned about the severe deterioration of the humanitarian crisis nine years after the peace deal between the Government and some guerrilla groups.

  • Wednesday, November 26th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Brother of former Colombian President Uribe sentenced to 28 years in jail

    Santiago Uribe will appeal the ruling before the Supreme Court

    A high court in Colombia on Tuesday sentenced Santiago Uribe Vélez, the brother of former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez (2002-2010), to 28 years and three months in prison, overturning a previous acquittal. The defendant was found guilty of creating and financing the far-right paramilitary group known as 'Los doce apóstoles' (The Twelve Apostles).

  • Wednesday, November 26th 2025 - 09:27 UTC

    Colombian President says CIA wants to oust him

    Petro claimed that those seeking to overthrow him supported Pinochet and Videla back in the day

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday accused the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of plotting to destabilize his government.

  • Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Colombia: 17 children rescued from Lev Tahor sect

    Lev Tahor's founder, Shlomo Hellbrans, served two years in a US prison before being deported to Israel

    Colombian immigration authorities have taken 17 minors into protective custody after they were rescued from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor during a hotel inspection in the northwestern city of Yarumal, Antioquia, it was reported on Monday. The group has faced global accusations of child abuse, kidnapping, and human trafficking.

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