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Massacre in Colombia’s Barranquilla Leaves Six Dead
A massacre in the Colombian city of Barranquilla left six people dead, according to a local police report.
Multiple gunshot wounds killed the six people after leaving a commercial establishment in the Las Flores…
Colombian police investigate the murder of two journalists
Police in Colombia is looking into the shooting deaths of two journalists who were returning from a county fair when they were killed. According to authorities, as Leyner Montero and Dilia Contreras entered the northern Colombian town of…
Colombia holds huge concert to mark report into armed conflict
Around 16,000 people gathered in Bogotá's Simón Bolívar Park to perform a concert to pay tribute to the victims of the country's armed conflict.
Thousands of musicians from different orchestras, philharmonics and schools performed…
Colombia to suspend aerial bombings against armed groups
Colombia’s new left-wing government has said it will suspend aerial bombings targeting armed groups, in an effort to minimise the deaths of civilians and children who have been forcibly recruited into the organisations.
Defence Minister …
Colombia Will Shelter Venezuelan Political Dissidents, Petro Says
President Gustavo Petro said Colombia won’t extradite political exiles to Venezuela, despite improving relations between the two neighboring countries.
Diosdado Cabello, a senior figure in Venezuela’s ruling socialist party, called for…
Colombia’s Petro replaces security chiefs in human rights push
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has named new commanders for the military and the police, saying he chose the officials because they have not been accused of corruption or human rights violations.
Colombia and the National Liberation…
Colombia’s new president Petro proposes ambitious tax reforms
The reforms are key to Gustavo Petro’s vision of building a more equitable country, with less reliance on oil revenues.
On his first day in office, Colombian President Gustavo Petro introduced a new tax reform proposal to Congress that…
Venezuela and Colombia agree to re-establish diplomatic ties
Countries will name new ambassadors when Colombia’s President-elect Gustavo Petro takes office next month, officials say.
Colombia and Venezuela will appoint new ambassadors in their respective capitals when Colombian President-elect…
Colombia enters 5th wave of COVID-19 pandemic
The Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia, Fernando Ruiz, specified this Friday that the country is at a fifth peak of Covid-19 infections, for this reason he urged people to reinforce vaccination schemes.
“Obviously we…
War on drugs prolonged Colombia’s decades-long civil war, landmark report finds
Truth commission’s report, touted as a chance to heal after half a century of bloodshed, called for a ‘substantial change in drug policy’
The punitive, prohibitionist war on drugs helped prolong Colombia’s disastrous civil war, the…