Tag: Colombia

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Colombia turns to the left in historic vote

  

  Colombian voters have taken a turn for the left following Sunday's historic support for Senator Gustavo Petro, who has been singled out in recent polls as the favorite to win the May 29 presidential elections.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Duque tells Biden Colombian crude available if needed

  

  President Iván Duque has made Colombian oil available to the United States if the Joseph Biden administration needs to stabilize global energy prices following Russia's military operations in Ukraine, it was announced in Bogotá Thursday.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Colombia records 33rd murder of a social leader so far in 2022

  

  Less than two months into the year 2022 and 33 social leaders have been murdered so far in Colombia after the Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) Sunday denounced the killing of Gustavo Antonio Torres, this time in Tibú, Norte de Santander.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Venezuelan NGOs denounce environmental damages caused by illegal mining

  

  Environmentalist organizations have called on the Venezuelan government to take action in view of the damage caused by illegal mining in an area near the Colombian border.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Colombia pulls ambassador from Managua following Ortega's berating remarks

  

  The Government of President Iván Duque Wednesday pulled its Ambassador from Managua after Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega said Colombia was a “narco-state” where social leaders were murdered daily.

• Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Abortion legal in Colombia until week 24

  

  Colombia's Constitutional Court Monday ruled to decriminalize medical procedures to terminate pregnancies up to the 24th week. In other words, there will be no criminal consequences for such actions until the sixth month.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Colombia's JEP to open new lines of investigation

  

  Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), a court created by the peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been forced to launch new lines of inquiries, following compelling testimony and evidence, it was announced.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Tall ships gather at Rio de Janeiro for naval parade

  

  Ships from all navies in the region keep arriving at Río de Janeiro for the Velas Latinoamérica 2022 (Latin American Sails 2022) parade scheduled for Feb. 22

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Duque wants Ukraine crisis not to repeat itself in Latin America

  

  Colombia's President Iván Duque Tuesday told the European Parliament that Latin America was not going to be the stage of “geopolitical games of other nations,” which highly resemble the Cold War between the United States and its allies against the Soviet Union. His remarks were pointing at Russia's increasing military presence in Venezuela.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Killings, bombings and threats mark the coming legislative elections in Colombia

  

  In less than a month, on 13th March, Colombians will be going to the polls to renew the Legislative, and according to the Peace and Reconciliation Foundation, there have been 163 victims of political violence, including 19 candidates and politicians who have been murdered in the last twelve months.