Medellin to cut funding for bullfights
Following Bogota’s lead, the mayor of Medellin said he would cut funding for bullfights, local media reported Friday. On June 13, Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro said he would ban bullfighting…
Following Bogota’s lead, the mayor of Medellin said he would cut funding for bullfights, local media reported Friday. On June 13, Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro said he would ban bullfighting…
Bogota’s mayor Gustavo Petro announced Wednesday that the Colombian capital’s bullfighting ring will be transformed into a center for culture and education, local media reported. The city government ordered Bogota’s Bullfighting…
Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro on Thursday named five new secretaries to head the economic development, housing and planning, environment, and social integration departments. The changes came a week after Petro forced his…
Bogota’s mayor Gustavo Petro said Thursday that a better cabinet is needed in order to complete the city’s development plan. Petro sided with experts who said that the mayor’s cabinet…
Ten thousand health care workers marched in Bogota Thursday, calling for financial reform in the country’s public hospital system. The bulk of their protests were aimed at Empresas Promotoras de…
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dropped a criminal case against Bogota’s mayor Gustavo Petro who was being investigated for allegedly bribing a paramilitary fighter who had implicated former President Alvaro Uribe…
Bogota municipal cabinet members offered their resignation at the request of Mayor Gustavo Petro Wednesday. Petro denied on Twitter that his government was in crisis, insisting that he is only…
Bulls will continue to die in Bogota bullfighting arenas despite protestations from the city’s mayor, Colombia media reported Monday. After a meeting with the non-profit Taurina Corporation of Bogota, which…
Recent attacks against Bogota, supposedly executed by former FARC soldiers, cast doubt on the success of Colombia’s demobilization program, the city’s mayor told Caracol Radio Monday. Police have arrested a…