Tag: Ivan Duque

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Three more die in day marking first month of unrest in Colombia

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Friday ordered the deployment of military forces in the city of Cali to support the local police in preserving peace amid growing unrest and violence, which left three more people dead.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  IACHR still waiting for full green light to land in violence-torn Colombia

  

  As protests and violence remain part of Colombia's “normal” landscape, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) continues to wait for an official response from the Government to visit the country.

• Monday, May 24th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Colombian chief negotiator with protesters resigns

  

  The Colombian Government's High Commissioner for Peace in charge of recent negotiations with the opposition National Strike Committee (CNP) Miguel Ceballos has turned in his resignation to President Iván Duque, it was announced in Bogotá.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Colombian administration drafts protocol for police repression but protests remain on for next week

  

  Colombia's National Strike Committee Friday (CNP) decided that protests will continue in light of the negative response from the Government of President Iván Duque, although some progress regarding police repression is on the verge of being achieved.

• Thursday, May 20th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Duque picks Colombia's Vice President Ramírez for the Foreign Ministry

  

  After Foreign Minister Claudia Blum handed in her resignation last week due to the social and political unrest Colombia is going through, President Iván Duque chose to appoint Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez as her successor.

• Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  General strike still on for Wednesday as Colombia's government reluctant to demilitarize country

  

  Colombia's President Iván Duque Monday ordered a mass deployment of the public force to clear the roads of peaceful demonstrations he considers to be “an act of sabotage.”

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  Colombian Government ready to negotiate but protests must first stop

  

  The Colombian government of President Iván Duque Thursday insisted that the National Unemployment Committee needs to withdraw from the conflicts affecting the country if there is to be any dialogue.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Protesters in Colombia seek global support around football stadiums

  

  Despite calls for a broad, transparent, and inclusive dialogue between protesters and Colombian President Iván Duque, police repression at the hands of the infamous Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) was reported Wednesday evening in Barranquilla.

• Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Colombia: Duque announces disciplinary actions against those involved in brutal repression

  

  Colombian authorities have taken up disciplinary actions against 65 police officers for acts of brutality allegedly committed while repressing demonstrations against the national government's tax reform bill and which eventually escalated as human rights and other demands were added.

• Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Duque militarizes Cali and neighbouring areas as situation worsens in Colombia

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Sunday ordered a mass deployment of troops in the city of Cali and its surrounding area to lift the roadblocks which have kept that place under isolation and deprived of supplies of foods and medicines, it was announced.