Tag: Colombia

• Tuesday, June 1st 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Drug gang violence results in 9 deaths in Colombia

  

  Nine people died Monday after armed men broke into a coffee farm in the municipality of Algeciras, in southern Colombia, and “ended the lives of eight men and one woman,” the Ombudsman's Office reported. The victims were coffee pickers, it was informed.

• Monday, May 31st 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Colombians dressed in white take to the streets of Bogotá to demand an end to protests

  

  Thousands took to the streets on Sunday in Bogotá to demand an end to protests and roadblocks and to express support for security forces. The demonstrators dressed in white and waving Colombian flags seem to be the response to almost a month of rioting and clashes bloody clashes between protestors and the forces.

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Three more die in day marking first month of unrest in Colombia

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Friday ordered the deployment of military forces in the city of Cali to support the local police in preserving peace amid growing unrest and violence, which left three more people dead.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  IACHR still waiting for full green light to land in violence-torn Colombia

  

  As protests and violence remain part of Colombia's “normal” landscape, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) continues to wait for an official response from the Government to visit the country.

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Demonstrators back to the streets in Colombia

  

  Demonstrators showed up yet again Wednesday in the streets of most Colombian cities to protest against the government of President Iván Duque.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:17 UTC

  Moscow reacts to claims by Colombian Minister that Russia was behind the ongoing political unrest

  

  Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned Colombian ambassador Alfonso Lopez Caballero following remarks by Bogotá's Defense Minister Diego Molano, who claimed that Moscow was behind ”cyberattacks” linked to the political unrest the South Amerian country is going through.

• Monday, May 24th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Colombian chief negotiator with protesters resigns

  

  The Colombian Government's High Commissioner for Peace in charge of recent negotiations with the opposition National Strike Committee (CNP) Miguel Ceballos has turned in his resignation to President Iván Duque, it was announced in Bogotá.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Colombian administration drafts protocol for police repression but protests remain on for next week

  

  Colombia's National Strike Committee Friday (CNP) decided that protests will continue in light of the negative response from the Government of President Iván Duque, although some progress regarding police repression is on the verge of being achieved.

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  No Copa America for Colombia – where then?

  

  The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) Thursday decided to reschedule the Copa America matches which were going to be played in Colombia starting next month but has yet to confirm the new venues.

• Thursday, May 20th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Duque picks Colombia's Vice President Ramírez for the Foreign Ministry

  

  After Foreign Minister Claudia Blum handed in her resignation last week due to the social and political unrest Colombia is going through, President Iván Duque chose to appoint Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez as her successor.