Tag: Colombia

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Former Cali Cartel capo dies in US prison

  

  Wednesday's death at a US prison of former Cali Cartel capo Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, aka El Ajedrecista (The Chessman), who used to wage his own war against rival trafficker Pablo Escobar of the Medellín Cartel, has revived stories of the 1980s and 1990s which have been romanticized through the entertainment industry.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 20:48 UTC

  Colombia: Survey shows Hernández two points ahead of Petro

  

  Colombia's surprising runner-up in last Sunday's elections Rodolfo Hernández is poised to become the country's next president, according to a survey conducted by the Centro Nacional de Consultoría.

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Colombia: Coal miner dies, other 14 trapped inside after explosion

  

  Miner Fabio Cáceres García died Tuesday as a result of “an explosion of methane and coal dust” in El Zulia in eastern Colombia, while 14 other workers remained trapped, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  “Colombian Trump” now 3 weeks from being elected

  

  Non-leftwing voters have all their eggs now in Rodolfo Hernandez's basket, after the candidate many dub the “Colombian Trump” made it to the second round against all forecasts, to face off former M19 guerrilla leader and current Senator Gustavo Petro June 19.

• Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Surprise runner-up to take on Petro in Colombia's presidential runoff

  

  Leftwing candidate and former M19 guerrilla leader Gustavo Petro, 62, won Sunday's presidential elections in Colombia, as all polls had foreseen. But he will face 77-year-old populist Rodolfo Hernández at the runoff in three weeks, which nobody saw coming.

• Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  More prosecutors killed in Latin America

  

  Following the assassination of Paraguay's Marcelo Pecci while honeymooning in Colombia, two other crimes have hit Latin American prosecutors in the last days of May.

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Senator Petro ahead in all polls for Sunday's elections in Colombia

  

  The 62-year-old Senator Gustavo Petro is poised to win Sunday's presidential elections in Colombia, according to all surveys, in what would be a historic turn to the left for the only NATO associate country in South America.

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Lula celebrates new polls and asks Colombians to support Petro

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Friday celebrated the results of Datafolha's most recent survey, according to which he might win the Oct. 2 elections, even probably in the first round.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:54 UTC

  Colombian candidates round up presidential campaign

  

  Candidates in Colombia have rounded up their campaigns over the weekend, ahead of the May 29 Presidential elections in which leftwing hopeful Gustavo Petro is expected to win, according to most polls.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Complicated Colombian presidential election; left-wing candidate leads but with a ceiling in the runoff

  

  Next Sunday Colombia will be voting for a new president and a last set of public opinion polls indicate that a left wing candidate, former guerrilla and ex mayor of the capital Bogotá has the most chances of succeeding current president Ivan Duque.