Tag: Colombia

Monday, December 12th 2022 - 16:15 UTC
Social leaders linked to government coalition murdered in Colombia

Unknown assassins killed in the last 72 hours two Colombian social leaders linked to the leftist Historic Pact, the government coalition of President Gustavo Petro, in the department of Bolivar, located in the north of the country, members of that group reported Sunday.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:51 UTC
Colombia: Mexico agrees to join as guarantor of peace talks with ELN

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Friday told his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro that Mexico had accepted the invitation to join as guarantor of the peace talks between the South American country's administration and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Guarantors of Colombia-ELN peace talks ratified

Negotiators in the Colombian peace process involving the government of President Gustavo Petro and remnants of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas Friday agreed in Caracas to ratify Cuba, Norway, and Venezuela as guarantor countries in the talks.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:39 UTC
Colombian gov't, ELN resume peace talks in Caracas

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that “time for peace has arrived” as dignitaries from the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas started their ceasefire talks in Caracas Monday.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 09:27 UTC
Eight people killed in Medellín air crash

Eight people were reported dead after a light aircraft crashed in a residential area after declaring an emergency following takeoff at Medellín's Olaya Herrera Airport, the same air terminal where famous tango singer Carlos Gardel and his band were killed in an airplane crash on June 24, 1935.
Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:49 UTC
Venezuelan crisis discussed in Paris

The Presidents of France, Colombia, and Argentina Friday discussed in Paris possible ways out of Venezuela's crisis which has sparked a large-scale migration of citizens of that oil-rich South American country.
Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
It is up to the US to bring peace to Colombia, says Petro

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Friday told the fifth Paris Peace Forum that changes regarding the world's anti-drug policies were needed to bring peace to his country, where violence was much more serious than that in Ukraine.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Germany, Norway and UK support plan to contain deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom are supporting a plan from the Colombian government, working with local communities to contain deforestation in the Colombian Amazon, it was announced at the COP27 taking place at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 08:51 UTC
Commercial flights resumed between Caracas and Bogota

A Turpial Boeing 737-400 from Caracas landed in Bogota's Eldorado International airport late Monday, thus marking the resumption of air connectivity between Venezuela and Colombia following the return to full diplomatic ties.
Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
“Total Peace” bill signed into law in Colombia

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Friday signed into law the “total peace” bill which allows authorities to undertake ceasefire negotiations with remnants of FARC and ELN groups still active in the country, just one day after the initiative was passed by both Houses of Congress.