Tag: Colombia

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.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 13:12 UTC
Colombia's FARC reject submission to judicial processes as “common criminals”

Colombia's FARC rebels cannot be submitted to the same judicial processes as “common criminals” under a possible peace deal, the Marxist group said on Friday. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) made the comments after President Juan Manuel Santos said in an interview that the biggest hurdle to signing peace would be getting the group to agree to face justice after 50 years of war.
Monday, March 9th 2015 - 07:39 UTC
Colombia and FARC agree to clear minefields; 11.000 people killed in 15 years

Colombian government and Marxist oriented guerrillas jointly announced an agreement to remove landmines and other explosives from the battlefield in a sign of progress in their two-year-old peace talks being held in Cuba.
Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 05:57 UTC
Colombia's Ecopetrol slashes offshore exploration budget

Colombia's state-run oil producer Ecopetrol will drill three offshore wells this year, two off its Caribbean Coast and a third in the Gulf of Mexico, after slashing its offshore exploration budget to 200 million dollars down from 632 million last year, the company said.
Monday, February 9th 2015 - 17:41 UTC
FARC vows to lay down arms and to reinvent itself as a political party

Colombian FARC guerrillas on Saturday vowed to lay down their weapons and reinvent themselves as a political party, if the Colombian government follows through with the reforms under discussion in peace talks.