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Montevideo, June 6th 2025 - 21:56 UTC

Tag: Colombia

  • Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Colombia and Mexico to be represented at Maduro's new inauguration

    “There are still no invitations” to Donald Trump's inauguration, Sheinbaum explained

    Authorities in Bogotá and Mexico City admitted this week that their governments will be represented in Caracas on Jan. 10 when President Nicolás Maduro takes his oath of office for a new six-year term (2025-2031)for which he was chosen in the controversial July 28 elections which the opposition also claims to have won.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:14 UTC

    Chile and Colombia sign feminist foreign policy agreement

    Van Klaveren and Murillo also reviewed the results of the recent Cartagena +40 ministerial meeting

    The leftwing governments of Chile and Colombia signed Thursday in Santiago two memorandums of understanding to expand their bilateral cooperation. Hosting Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren and his Colombian counterpart Luis Gilberto Murillo updated the so-called Strategic Partnership Council to promote a broader joint agenda, in addition to an agreement on Feminist Foreign Policy to promote gender equality by establishing a bilateral alliance aimed at projecting shared values.

  • Thursday, December 5th 2024 - 20:38 UTC

    Petro decorates Mujica with Colombia's highest distinction

    Both former guerrilla fighters highlighted how much they have in common

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Thursday decorated Uruguay's former head of State José Pepe Mujica with the Order of Boyacá for his commitment to regional peace. The ceremony was held at Mujica's residence in Rincón del Cerro, on the outskirts of the country's capital, where the 89-year-old leftwing leader welcomed a group of his supporters.

  • Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Colombia says more time needed for visas with UK

    The time before Christmas is not the best to implement the visa requirement, Ambassador Barreras argued

    Colombia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom Roy Barreras asked Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for a meeting to postpone the application of the visa requirement saying it was highly untimely to set it into force ahead of the Christmas Holidays.

  • Monday, October 28th 2024 - 21:21 UTC

    Noboa hopes Colombia will help Ecuador through the energy crisis

    “If I were a normal citizen, I would be upset with the president if there were blackouts,” Noboa admitted

    Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa asked neighboring Colombia for help getting through the electricity crisis with power cuts dating back to Sept. 23 affecting households up to 14 hours a day, it was reported Sunday. The head of state admitted his popularity was waning ahead of the Feb. 9, 2025, elections.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 09:01 UTC

    Petro lashes out at 21st Century “slavers” who cry “freedom”

    “It is fundamental today to change debt for climate action,” Petro insisted

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Sunday lashed out at those he dubbed “slavers” who cry “freedom” but “take human beings and living beings to the market for sale.” The leftwing leader also pointed out during the opening ceremony of the 16th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP-16) in Cali that “the buyer is a specter of death.”

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:02 UTC

    HMS Protector involved in practicing boarding operations with navies from four countries

    US, Chilean, Mexican, Colombian and UK teams practice boarding ops during Exercise Unitas

    Ice Patrol HMS Protector has provided the perfect training platform during Exercise Unitas, the world's longest-running multinational maritime exercise. Teams from the UK, US, Chile, Mexico and Colombia used the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship for practicing boarding operations, where personnel move between vessels.

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Two Colombian soldiers arrested in Russia after return from Ukraine during stopover in Caracas

    Medina shared his geolocation from the Venezuelan capital's airport during a stopover from Madrid. That was the last time their families had any contact with them.

    Two Colombian soldiers who fought alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia have been captured in Moscow after a mysterious disappearance during their journey home. José Arón Medina Aranda and Alexander Ante, who were last seen in Caracas on July 18 after landing from Madrid, have surfaced in a video showing them under arrest in Russia, where they are accused of being mercenaries.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

    Jet fuel shortage grounds numerous flights in Colombia

    Carriers able to fly as scheduled have upped the price of their tickets by 50%

    Jet fuel shortages have led airlines operating in Colombia to reschedule their services. The problem was reportedly caused by an electrical failure at the Cartagena refinery on Aug. 16.

  • Thursday, August 22nd 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Colombian gov't targets mercenary market

    Foreign powers recruit Colombian military people and “take them to wars that have nothing to do with them or with us,” Murillo underlined

    Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo filed a bill before Congress Wednesday to legislate against the creation, financing, and training of mercenary groups in the country. The initiative took into account the involvement of 26 Colombian nationals in the July 7, 2021, murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, among other notorious incidents.