Tag: Colombia

• Friday, September 4th 2015 - 10:30 UTC

  Colombia says its electrical system is ready for the El Niño phenomena

  

  As neighbors Chile and Peru along the Pacific coast of South America, Colombia announced its electrical system is prepared for the El Niño weather phenomena, which may lead to drought and low reserves at hydro-electric facilities, mines and energy minister Tomas Gonzalez said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2015 - 10:17 UTC

  Colombia was one vote short in OAS to address the border crisis with Venezuela

  

  Colombia on Monday was one vote short at the Organization of American States to summon a meeting of foreign ministers over the ongoing border crisis with Venezuela. Bogotá had requested the high-level meeting up as the country is seeking international support for an ongoing diplomatic crisis with its socialist neighbor.

• Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 04:51 UTC

  Maduro escalates conflict with Colombia as he looks to December's election

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro escalated his country's conflict with Colombia Friday by expanding the partial closure of their shared border to four new frontier towns. However most political analysts believe there is a huge premeditated interest in arising strong nationalistic feelings ahead of the December legislative elections.

• Friday, August 28th 2015 - 06:50 UTC

  US Treasury sanctions Farc members operating from Switzerland

  

  The US has announced sanctions against four alleged members of Colombia's Farc rebel group, accusing them of drug trafficking and money laundering. The four men used a shop in Switzerland as a front for their activities, the US treasury department said. It says the Farc still use drugs to fund their “ruthless operation”.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2015 - 15:01 UTC

  Over 700 Cuban doctors working in Venezuela have fled across to Colombia

  

  Deteriorating conditions in Venezuela are causing increasing numbers of Cuban medical personnel working there to immigrate to the United States under a special US program launched in 2006 that expedites their applications.

• Wednesday, August 19th 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  FARC have requested to meet Francis and want the Church to join the peace process in Havana

  

  Representatives of Colombia's largest guerrilla movement have asked to meet Pope Francis in Cuba in September and have requested the Catholic Church name a permanent delegate to their peace negotiations with the government.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 06:51 UTC

  FARC accused of deliberately spilling 200.000 gallons of oil risking water supplies

  

  Colombian authorities accused the FARC guerrillas Monday of forcing 19 oil tanker drivers to dump their cargo of crude on the ground, raising fears it could contaminate water supplies.Officials said FARC fighters stopped the tankers in a dawn raid as they transported their cargo across a remote area of the oil-producing region of Puerto Asis in the southwestern department of Putumayo.

• Friday, June 5th 2015 - 06:27 UTC

  Colombia and FARC agree to name a “Clarification of the Truth Committee”

  

  The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas said they plan to form a truth commission to investigate atrocities committed during the country's five-decade civil war. The agreement was announced on Thursday and will consist of an “independent and impartial” body as soon as a final peace deal is reached.

• Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 08:52 UTC

  PM Li Keqiang in Bogotá: China and Colombia considering free trade accord

  

  Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed to deepen economic ties with Colombia after arriving to Bogotá on Thursday, as part of his four-nation South American tour aimed at boosting trade and investment. Li is the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Colombia since the two nations established diplomatic ties 35 years ago and his visit was hailed as historic by President Juan Manuel Santos.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:43 UTC

  Santos orders resumption of bombing raids after FARC attack kills 10 soldiers

  

  Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered the resumption of bombing raids against FARC rebels after an attack he blamed on the group killed 10 soldiers, a move that will intensify combat after efforts to cool tensions.