Browsing Category
Colombia
Otoniel: Colombia steps up operation against rioting cartel
Colombia has sent an additional 2,000 troops and police to help contain a gang that has burned cars and threatened people as reprisal for the extradition of its leader to the US.
President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga,…
Fact Checkers Play Crucial Role in Upcoming Colombian Presidential Elections
Bogota, Colombia - As Colombian presidential elections loom, fact-checking is essential in a country where disinformation is spreading and becoming a more complex phenomenon based on emerging techniques of deception.
The country’s main…
Otoniel: Colombia drug kingpin extradited to US
Colombia has extradited the drug baron leader of the country's biggest crime gang to the US, Colombia's president has announced.
President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was the world's most…
Social media become powerful tools for election propaganda in Colombia
Political counterparts have exploited the continued unregulated growth of social media platforms for their own propaganda in the upcoming presidential elections in Colombia where virtual reality is turning the advertising industry upside…
Women take to the streets to campaign for gender pay gap in Colombia
Thousands of people have marched in the Colombian capital, Bogota on the occasion of the International Labor Day, urging the country’s unions to discuss the gender pay gap. Female protesters called for improving gender equality and allowing…
Colombians to vote in presidential elections amid high security
Colombia will hold its presidential election on May 29th as the Pacto Historico Party is expected to win the elections for the first time in the country’s history. However, the Colombian people will need from the winner of the elections to…
Colombia: Judge rules probe into former leader Uribe can proceed
The judge dismissed a request by the attorney general to shelve the witness-tampering case against the former president.
A judge in Colombia has dismissed a request to shelve a witness tampering investigation into former President Alvaro…
Colombia Will Offer Temporary Legal Status To Nearly One Million Venezuelan Migrants
Colombia will offer temporary protective status (TPS) to nearly one million undocumented Venezuelan migrants this week, enabling them to work in the country legally as well as access healthcare and other essential services.
Thousands of…
Toxic Foam Floods a Colombian Town
Mosquera, Colombia - Residents of Los Puentes neighborhood in Mosquera, on the outskirts of the Colombian capital Bogota, were feared trapped after a huge layer of foam coming out from a polluted river has reached the doors of the homes and…
Is Russia trying to meddle in Colombian presidential elections?
The problem of Russian interference in Colombia’s upcoming elections has become more alarming for many Colombian people and politicians.
Reports said Russia tries to seize the opportunity to improve its relations with Colombia, a key…