Tag: Colombia

• Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 18:26 UTC

  Monkeypox cases soar in Colombia

  

  Colombian health authorities Monday confirmed 938 people had been diagnosed with monkeypox nationwide, with the bulk of the cases being in Bogotá.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Bomb trap kills 7 in Colombia

  

  Seven police officers were killed Friday after an explosive device went off Friday afternoon near the Colombian municipality of Neiva in the department of Huila.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:36 UTC

  Colombian forces not to strike rebel targets where minors are at risk

  

  Colombian Defense Minister Iván Velásquez announced Thursday that all military actions against rebel groups will be halted if the presence of children at the target locations is confirmed or suspected.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:24 UTC

  Venezuela and Colombia appoint ambassadors to resume full ties

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced he had picked former Senator Armando Benedetti to become Colombia's new ambassador to Caracas following his decision to resume full diplomatic ties with the administration of Nicolás Maduro.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Former M-19 guerrilla becomes Colombia's intelligence chief

  

  President Gustavo Petro has appointed his fellow former M-19 guerrilla combatant Manuel Alberto Casanova to head the Colombian National Intelligence Directorate (DNI), which will be for the first time not be run by a military officer.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Colombian Attorney General lifts arrest warrants against ELN brass

  

  Colombia's Office of the Attorney General has confirmed it would lift all arrest warrants on National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, following President Gustavo Petro's instructions.

• Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 18:27 UTC

  Petro tells Colombian armed forces to be ready to become an “army of peace”

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro instructed military and police officers to get ready for the transformation he intends to lead, which includes seeking peace through dialogue with the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Petro shakes-up Colombia's military brass

  

  Just one week after his inauguration, Colombian President Gustavo Petro sent 52 generals into retirement. The biggest sweep in Colombia's history is aimed at putting together a corruption-free brass.

• Saturday, August 13th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Colombia: ELN rebels release hostages while returning to peace talks

  

  As peace negotiations between the Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) kick off in Cuba, the guerrilla movement has released nine people who were being held hostage since last month in the department of Arauca.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 13:51 UTC

  Petro: Pecci murder by Uruguayan drug trafficker “shows that drug trafficking has long ceased to be a US-Colombian bilateral problem”

  

  Colombian new president Gustavo Petro has referred to the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was killed in May on the island of Barú, in the Colombian Caribbean. This crime has been linked this week to Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset, fugitive of Uruguay’s and Paraguay’s justice, and accused of ordering Pecci’s execution.