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Montevideo, January 8th 2025 - 20:05 UTC

Tag: Juan Manuel Santos

  • Friday, February 9th 2018 - 10:12 UTC

    Colombia and Brazil tighten controls along Venezuelan border: thousands pouring in

    Speaking in Cucuta Santos warned that his government would strictly prosecute any unlawful behavior by Venezuelans, amid concerns over rising crime.

    Colombia and Brazil tightened border controls with Venezuela on Thursday as both nations grapple with a mounting influx of hundreds of thousands of desperate migrants fleeing a worsening economic crisis In a visit to the border region, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he would impose stricter migratory controls, suspend new daily entry cards for Venezuelans and deploy 3,000 new security personnel along the frontier, including 2,120 more soldiers.

  • Wednesday, February 7th 2018 - 21:55 UTC

    Colombian government refuses to close its border with Venezuela

    There are at least 600,000 Venezuelans on Colombian ground. Many of whom are in transit to Chile, Ecuador or Peru

    At least 8,000 Venezuelans cross the border between Colombia and Venezuela daily to the department of Arauca, southeast of Colombia. Although the migratory flow at this point does not compare with the thirty or forty thousand Venezuelans who cross the Simón Bolívar bridge between Santander and Táchira every day, in Arauca the majority of migrants arrive in conditions of extreme vulnerability.

  • Monday, January 29th 2018 - 06:08 UTC

    Bomb in Colombia city of Barranquilla kills seven officers, wounds 41

    The bombing in Barranquilla was one of the deadliest on security personnel in recent years, casting a pall over preparations for the annual carnival

    At least seven police officers were killed and 41 others wounded on Saturday when alleged drug traffickers detonated a bomb at a station in the Colombian city of Barranquilla. The attack comes as President Juan Manuel Santos seeks to end the armed conflict that has wracked Colombia for 50 years. Much of the violence has been linked to drug trafficking.

  • Monday, November 20th 2017 - 08:46 UTC

    Caracas ex mayor flees Venezuela and pledges to denounce the Maduro regime worldwide

    “I am going to dedicate myself to traveling the world, to spread the hope of all Venezuelans to escape this regime, this dictatorship,” Ledezma said.

    The ousted mayor of Caracas pledged to spread his protest against Venezuela's socialist government across the world as he arrived in Spain on Saturday, a day after escaping from house arrest and slipping past Venezuelan security forces into Colombia.

  • Thursday, November 2nd 2017 - 07:44 UTC

    Ex FARC leader will run for the presidency of Colombia in 2018

    Rodrigo Londoño —‘Timochenko’— will run for the presidency of Colombia next year, with the backing of former Farc rebels, the group’s new political party said

    Veteran Farc (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) leader Rodrigo Londono — known as ‘Timochenko’ — will run for the presidency of Colombia next year, with the backing of former Farc rebels, the group’s new political party announced. However, he and other ex-commanders will likely face trials for human rights crimes and it is unclear how they would serve in office if sentenced.

  • Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 06:37 UTC

    Netanyahu, in Colombia: Israel a close ally in war and in the reconstruction process

    PM Netanyahu and President Santos pledged to strengthen ties in areas like science, security and tourism as Colombia transitions into a post-conflict era.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos are pledging to strengthen ties in areas like science, security and tourism as Colombia transitions into a post-conflict era. Netanyahu arrived in Bogota on Wednesday for the second-leg of his trip as the first Israeli prime minister to visit Latin America.

  • Wednesday, August 16th 2017 - 09:10 UTC

    FARC hands over weapons, prepares for the political phase of peace accord

    Jean Arnault, U.N. representative for the Colombian peace process, center, talks to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and Rodrigo Londoño, the top commander of the FARC (Pic UN)

    U.N. observers on Tuesday removed the last of more than 8,000 guns once carried by the guerrillas of Colombia’s largest rebel army and collected at 26 demobilization sites around the South American nation under a historic peace deal. The next phase of the peace deal is for the ex guerrillas to organize politically and run for seats in congressional elections.

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

    Colombian president grants amnesty to FARC 3.600 members, as part of the peace deal

    More than 7,000 rebels in total have been granted amnesty or released from prison as part of their reintegration into Colombian society.

    Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree granting amnesty to another 3,600 members of the Farc rebel group, which last year reached a peace deal with the government. It is the third and final amnesty decree signed by Santos.

  • Saturday, December 17th 2016 - 17:03 UTC

    Colombia's Central Bank lowers interest rate to tack inflation

    Outgoing Colombian Central Bank manager Jose Dario Uribe spoke of “greater confidence in the consolidation of the process” as intereste rates were lowered for the first time in four years.

    The Central Bank of Colombia Friday surprisingly decided to lower the interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.50 percent to support the recovery of the economy and to push inflation towards the target set for the coming semester.

  • Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 - 10:50 UTC

    Santos: “I have no metastases, no tumor”

    President Juan Manuel Santos says his treatment will not stop him from discharging his duties

    The President of Colombia made the announcement Monday following an urgent trip to the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, US, on his doctors' advice last week due to disturbing test results that would indicate a relapse of his prostate cancer which was removed surgically in 2011.