Category: Colombia
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July 25, 2018 > Staff
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe quits Senate amid criminal investigation
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Former president and two times senator Álvaro Uribe presented his resignation yesterday, only four days after being sworn in for his second tenure, after […] Read More >
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July 17, 2018 > Staff
Colombian former rebel rejects Congress seat to protest unfulfilled peace process
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Iván Márquez, the former chief negotiator of the FARC, confirmed yesterday that he renounces one of the 10 Congress seats that the former rebels […] Read More >
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July 11, 2018 > Staff
Colombia signs law to allow collective demobilization of criminal gangs
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: President Juan Manuel Santos signed a law on Monday paving the way for the surrender of criminal gangs that allows for a reduction of sentences […] Read More >
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July 5, 2018 > Staff
Seven people murdered in south-western Colombia, responsibilities are yet unclear
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: The bodies of seven people with signs of torture were found near the village of Argelia, in the south-western region of Cauca early Monday morning. Local […] Read More >
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June 28, 2018 > Staff
Colombian Senate approves transitional justice law, but with changes
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: The Senate approved yesterday the bill that creates an operating manual for the special peace justice, the lynchpin of the peace process with the FARC, […] Read More >
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June 18, 2018 > Staff
Iván Duque, conservative heir to former president, wins Colombian presidential elections
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Yesterday, Colombians went to the polls and elected young conservative Iván Duque in a runoff vote against former leftwing mayor of Bogotá Gustavo Petro, the […] Read More >
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May 11, 2018 > Staff
One million Venezuelans fled to Colombia in past year: Red Cross
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA: At least one million Venezuelans have fled to Colombia since mid-2017 to escape their country’s intensifying economic crisis, a senior Red Cross official reported this […] Read More >
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May 8, 2018 > Staff
Colombian former president said gov. officials warned him of a plot against his life
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA Right-wing opposition Senator and former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez claimed yesterday that government officials warned him of a plot against his life last week. Former […] Read More >
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April 24, 2018 > Staff
Colombian wins Goldman environmental prize for facing mining interests
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA COLOMBIA: Francia Márquez Mina, a 36-year-old Afro community leader from the western Cauca department, won the 2018 Goldman Prize yesterday for her creative defense of ancestral […] Read More >
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April 18, 2018 > Staff
Two more people kidnapped by FARC dissidents on the Ecuador-Colombia border
TODAY IN LATIN AMERICA ECUADOR-COLOMBIA: Yesterday, Ecuadorean authorities identified as Oscar Efrén Villacís Gómez, 24, and Katty Vanesa Velasco Pinargote, 20, the two persons who appear in a proof of […] Read More >