Tag: Colombia

• Thursday, November 20th 2014 - 04:23 UTC

  Colombian government reaches agreement with FARC to release captured general

  

  The armed rebel group FARC and the Colombian government have announced that they have agreed conditions for releasing a captured general and four other people.

• Sunday, November 9th 2014 - 10:23 UTC

  Plaque dedicated to English soldiers in Cartagena triggers strong controversy

  

  A Colombian engineer smashed a plaque commemorating the death in 1741 of thousands of English soldiers in the coastal city of Cartagena just days after it was inaugurated by Prince Charles, said the mayor of the city who has now ordered its removal.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 21:37 UTC

  HMS Argyll hosts Prince Charles and Colombian president Santos in Cartagena

  

  The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, accompanied by the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos and First Lady Maria Clemencia Rodriguez, visited Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll alongside in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on Friday, 31 October. The party were introduced to members of the ship’s company and witnessed an evening sunset ceremony.

• Thursday, October 30th 2014 - 08:47 UTC

  President Santos receives Prince Charles and Camilla at the Nariño Palace

  

  Prince Charles and his wife Camilla were welcomed to Colombia with military honors on Wednesday, at a ceremony led by the president Juan Manuel Santos to mark the couple's first royal visit to the country.

• Tuesday, October 28th 2014 - 06:50 UTC

  Charles and Camila arrive in Colombia to boost bilateral relations

  

  Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will pay a nine-day visit to Colombia and Mexico, Clarence House residence announced. The heir to the throne and the Duchess of Cornwall will arrive in Colombia on Tuesday October 28 and will remain until November 2, before leaving for Mexico until November 5.

• Saturday, October 18th 2014 - 08:39 UTC

  The Caribbean and Colombia ban entry of travelers from Ebola stricken countries

  

  A group of Caribbean countries have announced bans on entry to foreigners who have travelled through the three West African countries most affected by Ebola. Jamaica said it would not accept travelers from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone for the time being.

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 06:56 UTC

  Colombian court orders mining companies to return land to aboriginal tribe

  

  Colombian legal tribunal has ordered 11 companies to halt gold-mining operations in a 50,000-hectare reserve in the northwest of the country and return the land to the native tribe that previously lived there.

• Friday, September 26th 2014 - 06:34 UTC

  Colombia and FARC disclose copies of agreements reached at peace talks

  

  Colombia's government and Marxist inspired FARC rebels have released copies of previously unpublished agreements reached at peace talks to end five decades of war, providing a glimpse of accords that could make up a final deal.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2014 - 01:22 UTC

  FARC leader doubts the peace accord can be signed this year

  

  Colombia is unlikely to sign a peace accord with Marxist rebels this year as the remaining items on the negotiating agenda are complex and time consuming, FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño said.

• Friday, August 8th 2014 - 07:18 UTC

  Santos pledges peace on inauguration ceremony but also warns FARC

  

  Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos was sworn in to a second term on Thursday promising to bring peace and equality to the nation, but warned Narco-Marxist rebels that talks to end five decades of war could rupture if hostilities against civilians continue. “Members of the FARC: you have been warned!” he said.