Tag: Colombia

Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Colombia sends “clear message” to dissident FARC: in a raid nine narco-terrorists are killed

Colombian troops killed nine FARC dissidents in a raid on Friday in what the president said was “a clear message” to their leaders who have formally rejected a 2016 peace agreement and announced a return to arms. President Ivan Duque said he had authorized the military operation in rural areas of Colombia's south.
Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Colombian guerrilla leaders criticize the peace accord and return to the jungle to resume fighting

A former senior commander of the dissolved FARC rebel army in Colombia announced on Thursday he is taking up arms again along with other guerrillas who have distanced themselves from a historic peace accord signed with the government.
Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 19:00 UTC
Ivanka Trump will be visiting Colombia, Argentina and Paraguay

United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan will travel with Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump to Colombia, Argentina, and Paraguay September 3-6.
Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Peru and Colombia propose an emergency Amazon basin summit

Peru and Colombia proposed on Tuesday an emergency Amazon summit for countries in the region in order to coordinate a strategy to protect the vast rainforest currently blighted by numerous fires. The Amazon is known as the “planet's lungs” but is suffering from its worst outbreak of fires in years, which has sparked a global outcry.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:07 UTC
US identifies 17 Latin American countries as major drug transit and producing areas

President Donald Trump has warned he may take action against Mexico if it doesn't do more against drug trafficking. México is among the 22 major drug transit and drug-producing countries identified in a presidential memorandum released Thursday night by the White House.
Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 08:35 UTC
Hero reception in Colombia for Bernal, winner of the Tour de France

The Colombian city of Zipaquirá has welcomed home local hero Egan Bernal, 10 days after he won the Tour de France. Last month the 22-year-old became the first Colombian to win cycling's most prestigious race - and its youngest champion in 110 years. Thousands of people gathered in the town's central square as early as 05:00.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Colombia grants nationality to 24.000 children from Venezuela refugees

Colombia President Ivan Duque signed an order on Monday allowing 24,000 children born in the country to Venezuelan parents and risking statelessness to be given Colombian nationality.
Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 12:42 UTC
Illegal coca plantations in Colombia down slightly in 2018, but still the world's biggest producer

Illegal coca plantations in Colombia reduced slightly in 2018 but the country remains the world's biggest producer of the primary ingredient in cocaine production, the United Nations said on Friday.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 23:55 UTC
China, Colombia sign 12 new agreements to strengthen bilateral ties

Colombian President Ivan Duque and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping Wednesday agreed in Beijing to strengthen bilateral relations as they signed 12 bilateral accords in areas including judicial cooperation, trade, agriculture, education and customs.
Monday, July 29th 2019 - 13:22 UTC
Bernal, 22, becomes the first Colombian to win the Tour de France

Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.