Tag: Colombia

• Thursday, March 26th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Pandemic: total lockdown in Colombia; Chile extends schools closure until May

  

  Countries across Latin America tightened measures on Wednesday to halt the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus, with more lockdowns and school closures as well as increased aid to the region's poorest.

• Friday, March 13th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  South American stock markets suffer heavy losses on Thursday

  

  Argentina's main stock exchange crashed by nearly 10% on Thursday as markets continued to panic over the coronavirus pandemic. The fall wasn't as bad as Monday's that reached almost 14% but it continued the week's general downward spiral across the region.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  Colombia offensive against drug traffickers clearing national parks to plant coca

  

  Colombia's Defense Minister said on Monday the military will step up an offensive against drug trafficking gangs responsible for clearing thousands of hectares of protected national parks for coca plantations.

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Public school teachers strike in Colombia: seven million children without classes

  

  Public school teachers in Colombia launched a two-day strike on Thursday to protest violence against the profession and killings of activists and other community leaders, leaving more than 7 million children without classes.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2020 - 06:45 UTC

  Colombia orders Facebook to strengthen security measures to protect users personal data

  

  Colombia issued an ultimatum to Facebook, telling the Silicon Valley-based tech giant it must strengthen its security measures to better protect users' personal data in the Andean country.

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  “Repentant” Popeye, Colombian Escobar's most notorious hit man dies at age 57

  

  Pablo Escobar’s most notorious hit man, known by the nickname Popeye, died on Thursday at age 57 after a life of crime he celebrated on YouTube, Colombia’s prison authorities said.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  Colombian peace accord rapidly failing as ex guerrillas are murdered

  

  More than 100 Colombian former left-wing guerrillas and their family members have left an area designated for them following the murder of 12 fellow ex-rebels elsewhere in the country, the FARC said on Friday.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:31 UTC

  Colombian mother and her three children survived 34 days in the Peruvian jungle

  

  Colombian mother and her three children aged 14, 12 and 10 have been found by indigenous Peruvians 34 days after they were reported missing, authorities say. They said they had managed to survive by eating seeds, plants and berries.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:22 UTC

  Fugitive Colombian senator who escaped on a motorcycle captured in Venezuela

  

  Special Forces in Venezuela have captured the fugitive Colombian former senator, Aída Merlano. Ms Merlano, who was serving a 15-year sentence for vote-buying, gave prison guards the slip in October.

• Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Anti government protestors clash with riot police in several Colombian cities

  

  Riot police firing tear gas and stun grenades clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in Bogota as anti-government protests resumed across Colombia, leaving 11 people injured and nearly 100 arrested.