Tag: Colombia

• Wednesday, March 1st 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Colombian budget carrier leaves thousands of travelers stranded

  

  Colombian airlines Avianca, LATAM, and Satena were arranging contingency flights Tuesday after thousands of travelers were left stranded following the grounding of the financially broken budget carrier Viva Air, it was reported.

• Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Colombia to endorse Bolivia's bid to remove coca from list of banned substances

  

  The Colombian government of leftwing President Gustavo Petro announced it will endorse Bolivia's request before the United Nations (UN) for the declassification of the coca leaf as a narcotic drug, it was reported.

• Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Gustavo Petro has been officially banned from entering Peruvian territory

  

  Peru's one-house Congress approved late Friday by 72 votes in favor, 29 against, and 7 abstentions, the declaration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro as “persona non grata” for his statements likening the local police to Nazi troops. The decision had been endorsed Tuesday by the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Presidents Petro and Lasso deepen Ecuador-Colombia cooperation

  

  Presidents Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia Tuesday launched the XI Binational Cabinet between the two countries to jointly develop “a work agenda to strengthen relations between the two nations,” according to a statement from Quito.

• Wednesday, January 11th 2023 - 03:50 UTC

  Bomb seeking to kill Colombian VP defused

  

  Colombian Vice-president Francia Márquez Tuesday said a plan to kill her had been defused by members of her security team after an explosive device was found and subsequently deactivated.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

  ELN warns peace negotiations stalled after unilateral announcement

  

  Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas said Monday that peace talks with the leftwing government of President Gustavo Petro were stalled, with disagreements standing in the way. The group underlined that in last week's communiqué it had warned that a bilateral ceasefire was still to be discussed.

• Thursday, January 5th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  No truce with ELN, Colombian gov't now says

  

  Colombia's government Wednesday announced it was suspending its previous decision to decree a truce with the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas after the rebel organization denied having agreed to it.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:41 UTC

  Convicted Colombian drug lord waiting for clearance to enter Argentina

  

  A Colombian drug lord was denied entry into Argentina, where he was seeking to avoid deportation. Ignacio Alvarez Meyendorff, 62, arrived at the Ezeiza airport on Avianca's Flight 87 on Dec. 23 from Bogotá but the alarms went off the minute his name was punched into the migrations screens. He has remained at the airport since. He has a wife and four children in Buenos Aires. He

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 19:26 UTC

  Adulterated liquor kills at least 37 in Bogota

  

  At least 37 people died between Nov. 24 and Dec. 20 in Bogota for having consumed adulterated liquor containing methanol. According to local media reports, 7 others are hospitalized in critical condition.

• Monday, December 19th 2022 - 20:35 UTC

  Colombia: ELN guerrillas announce Christmas truce

  

  Colombian guerrilla fighters of the National Liberation Army Monday announced a unilateral Christmas truce from Dec. 24 to Jan. 2, although the measure would only cover the State Military and Police Forces. The ELN also warned they will defend themselves in case of being attacked.