Tag: Colombia

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 09:09 UTC

  First non-terminal patient dies through euthanasia in Colombia

  

  The 60-year-old Víctor Escobar has become Colombia's first non-terminal patient to die through euthanasia, after a legal battle of over two years. He was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that prevented him from breathing on his own.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  Latam Airlines Colombia cancels 53 flights due to COVID-19

  

  With 18% of its crews on sick leave due to COVID-19, Latam Airlines Colombia has been forced to cancel some 53 domestic flights between Jan. 8 and 16. Most of the cases were said to be of the Omicron variant.

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Suspect in murder of Haitian President arrested en route to Colombia

  

  Former Colombian elite soldier Mario Antonio Palacios has been arrested by United States authorities in Panama during a stopover on his way back home from Jamaica, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Boric will not travel to Colombia with Piñera: priority is “organizing my administration's team”

  

  Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boris announced he contacted president Sebastián Piñera to thank him for the invitation to attend the January 26/27 Prosur and Pacific Alliance summits in Colombia, --the current head of government last overseas trip--, but will not join him.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 20:16 UTC

  Andean Community lifts roaming charges as of Jan. 1

  

  Roaming charges for cell phone communications is about to become a thing of the past for countries of The Andean Community (CAN - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). Effective Jan. 1, 2022, and thanks to the joint work of its member countries and the institutional strength that it has had for more than 52 years, the citizens of the CAN will not have to pay any additional surcharge for post-paid international roaming and will be able to be more and better communicated.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 20:30 UTC

  Almost 30 tons of illegally extracted coltan taken away from Colombian guerrillas

  

  According to reports published this week, Colombian law enforcement authorities have seized some 30 tons of coltan in the last six months from Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) dissidents, who, according to the Prosecutor's Office, allegedly exploited indigenous people to extract the mineral.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 22:32 UTC

  Colombia's proposed security law violates human rights, opposition claims

  

  Opposition parties in Colombia have raised their voices Wednesday against the Security bill passed Tuesday by the Senate because while it claims to guarantee citizen security, it violates the Constitution, criminalizes social protest, and hands out licenses to kill. The bill is now up to President Iván Duque for enactment.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 00:51 UTC

  Colombia's Ombudsman calls for protection of sexually diverse individuals

  

  The Office of Colombia's Ombudsman Monday launched an appeal for the authorities to look after the integrity of LGBTQ people after 35 transgender women have been murdered this year nationwide.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Colombian servicemen admit to “false positive” killings

  

  A group of Colombian servicemen charged with the so-called “false positives” during the fight against guerrillas before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) court Friday acknowledged their involvement in the murder of 247 people.

• Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 20:05 UTC

  Colombian guerrilla reported killed in Venezuela; no official word

  

  A former Colombian Armed Revolutionary Forces (FARC) combatant who took part in the 2016 peace negotiations with the Government of then-President Juan Manuel Santos has been killed in Venezuela, it was reported.