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Montevideo, June 8th 2025 - 02:05 UTC

Tag: Colombia

  • Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:19 UTC

    Future Colombian VP meets with Lula in Brazil

    He “expressed his love for Colombia and his desire to support us in achieving peace and the well-being of the Colombian people,” Márquez wrote about Lula on Twitter.

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) welcomed Colombia's Vice President-elect Francia Márquez, who is on a South American tour before taking office on Aug.7.

  • Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 23:11 UTC

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

    “False positives” were peasants or poor people passed off as guerrillas allegedly gunned down in combat through with which the military officers “proved” they were worthy of a promotion

    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

    Colombia is battling with the highest public debt in its history at 65% of GDP, while annual inflation has risen to 9.6%

    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

    “The war on drug trafficking must end because it is a policy that did not produce any positive results,” the ELN leader said

    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

    The 29.9% yoy growth is explained almost entirely by the increase in manufactures

    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

    “War damages everything it touches, it damages the attacked ones and those who are attacked,” De Roux stressed

    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

    Colombia's figures showed a slight decrease from 2021

    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

    Petro and former Organization of American States (OAS) Chief Gaviria met in Florence, Italy.

    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

    As long as there is uncertainty, investments “will leave,” Duque stressed.

    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

    Chile followed the example of Colombia, Argentina, and Canada, where people have the legal right to be considered of non-binary gender

    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.