Tag: Colombia

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 23:11 UTC

  Colombian JEP to hear on yet another 303 “false positives”

  

  Criminal charges have been filed Monday against 22 Colombian military officers for the murder of 303 people who were initially reported as “false positives” (peasants said to be guerrillas gunned down in combat) between 2005 and 2008.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Daunting challenges for the reformed Colombia Petro pledged

  

  President-elect Gustavo Petro won on the promise to bring deep social, economic and political change in Colombia, but challenges are daunting. Currently the country's GDP is estimated by OECD to grow 6,1% as a result of a post-pandemic consumption boost and international demand for fossil fuels because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  ELN interested in peace deal with future Colombian gov't

  

  Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) leader Eliécer Erlinto Chamorro, alias Antonio García, has said on his Twitter account that the guerrilla militias under his command were interested in reaching peace deal with future President Gustavo Petro after he takes office on August 7.

• Saturday, July 16th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Colombia: Industrial output shows sharp increase

  

  Colombia's National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) Friday issued a report showing that the country's industrial output during the month of May of 2022 had grown 29.9% compared to the same month of 2021.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 22:03 UTC

  De Roux delivers final report on Colombia's civil war to UN Security Council

  

  Colombian Jesuit priest Francisco de Roux, who chairs the country's Truth Committee stemming from the peace agreement with former guerrilla fighters, Thursday appeared before the United Nations Security Council to deliver his team's final report.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Cocaine production in Bolivia “stable,” US agency reports

  

  The United States' Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Thursday published a report thoroughly describing crops and distribution activities in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia.

• Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 22:17 UTC

  Gaviria's Colombian Liberals to side with Petro

  

  A group of Colombian Liberal lawmakers has issued a statement announcing they will be joining forces with President-elect Gustavo Petro once he takes office on Aug. 7, after the former guerrilla fighter and incumbent leftwing Senator met with former President and current Liberal Party (PL) Chairman César Gaviria in Italy earlier this week.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 07:54 UTC

  US dollar soars in Colombia as Petro's inauguration looms over

  

  The Colombian peso Monday suffered a historic devaluation amid uncertainty less than a month ahead of President-elect Gustavo Petro's inauguration.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Chilean court ruling grants right to non-binary ID

  

  A ruling by Chile's Judiciary where a Law School team represented the plaintiffs has recognized -based on the examples of Colombia, Argentina, and Canada- the right of non-binary gender people of legal age to change their birth certificate and mark it with an “X” instead of “feminine” or “masculine,” it was reported in Santiago.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  President-elect Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, wants lasting peace in Colombia

  

  Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro has in mind a series of revolutionary changes to achieve total peace in a country torn by guerrilla wars for over six decades, including the resumption of talks with the National Liberation Army (ELN), it was reported Tuesday.