Colombia investigating bullfighting tragedy
Colombia’s inspector general announced an investigation against the mayor of a town where at least five people died and 257 were injured during a bullfighting festival on Sunday. The tragedy…
Colombia’s inspector general announced an investigation against the mayor of a town where at least five people died and 257 were injured during a bullfighting festival on Sunday. The tragedy…
Colombia’s constitutional court reversed a decision to ban bullfighting, a long-standing tradition that can count on fierce opposition. The court said Wednesday that it would not remove bullfighting on the…
Hundreds of years after Spanish settlers introduced bullfighting, Colombia’s government said Saturday it is in favor of banning the increasingly controversial practice. According to Deputy Interior Minister Luis Ernesto Gomez,…
A homemade bomb exploded near Bogota’s bullring, killing a police officer and injuring as many as 31 bystanders. The artefact, whose loud explosion shattered windows in nearby apartment buildings, appears…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court gave the country’s Congress a two-year deadline to come up with legislation or it will include the activity to the existing ban on animal cruelty. The court…
There were violent clashes between protesters and police in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Sunday as bullfighting returned to the capital after a two-year ban. Protesters took to the streets screaming slogans…
Colombia’s constitutional court authorized the return of bullfighting to Bogota, two years after Mayor Gustavo Petro banned the controversial activity.
Hundreds of people protested in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Wednesday to demand “freedom for bullfighting.”
Colombia’s Constitutional Court overturned a 2012 ban on bullfighting in Bogota on Wednesday amidst a drawn-out battle between the government, animal rights activists, and bullfighters.