Tag: Colombia

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Colombia opened South America's longest road tunnel, 8,5 kilometers

  

  Colombia opened South America’s longest road tunnel, the Tunel de la Linea, on Friday after more than a decade of construction work. The tunnel, which is 8.65 km long, aims to reduce the time and cost of moving goods from the Pacific port city of Buenaventura to the centre of the country.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  Colombia reopens and tries to reignite the economy after months of restrictions

  

  Airports, bus terminals, restaurants, and gyms reopened in most of Colombia on Tuesday as the nation attempts to reignite its economy following months of restrictions for the coronavirus pandemic. The step expanded previous moves that allowed shops, construction sites, shopping malls, and factories to resume operations in June in most of the country's cities.

• Monday, August 31st 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpass 600.000 on Sunday

  

  Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpassed 600,000 on Sunday as deaths from the virus approach 19,400, ahead of the end to more than five months of lockdown.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Colombian quarantine will move to “selective” beginning September first

  

  Colombia will enter a period of “selective” quarantine when its five months of national coronavirus lockdown ends at the close of August, President Ivan Duque said on Monday, and will be part of Johnson & Johnson vaccine trials.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia among the highest rates in Bloomberg's Misery Index

  

  Bloomberg’s Misery Index, which tallies inflation and unemployment outlooks for 60 economies shows that almost all of the economies surveyed are projected to be more miserable this year amid Covid-19, with analysts expecting increased joblessness and tepid growth.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Brazilian anti corruption probe nets two of South America's richest brothers

  

  Two of South America's wealthiest brothers, the Bolivian-born airline magnates German and Jose Efromovich, were arrested this week in Brazil as part of the country's sweeping anti-corruption probe, “Operation Car Wash.”

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Colombia claims Venezuela is working to acquire missiles from Iran

  

  Colombia's President Ivan Duque claimed on Thursday that the government of President Nicolas Maduro in neighboring Venezuela was working to acquire missiles from its ally Iran.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:51 UTC

  Ex Colombian president Uribe, under investigation, resigned his Senate seat

  

  Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who is under investigation for alleged witness tampering, resigned his Senate seat on Tuesday after being placed under house arrest earlier this month.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:47 UTC

  Colombia surpasses half a million Covid-19 cases and 16,000 deaths

  

  Coronavirus cases in Colombia surpassed 500,000 on Wednesday as deaths from the virus approach 16,000 and the country nears the end of five months of lockdown.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  The US pledges US$ 5bn to Colombia for rural development; Duque supports US candidate for IDB

  

  The United States and Colombia will work together to bring new investment to rural areas of the country, officials said on Monday, as Colombia's president reiterated support for the U.S. candidate to lead the Inter-American Development Bank.