Tag: Haiti
Colombia: ‘Some mercenaries knew about plot to assassinate Haiti leader’
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said Thursday that some of the mercenaries implicated in the...
Colombia’s president tied to suspect in Haiti president’s assassination
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque will have to clarify his ties to a dodgy businessman who...
Confusion in Colombia over role of mercenaries in Haiti
Claims that mercenaries from Colombia took part in the assassination of Haiti’s president...
Colombia vows cooperation in Haiti president assassination probe
Colombia’s defense minister said Thursday that Interpol asked information on former soldiers...
Cali plaque to honor former Haiti president to be changed after typo
A plaque commemorating the former President of Haiti, Alexander Petion is to be changed only a...
Colombia expresses solidarity with Cuba, Haiti over hurricane Sandy
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed solidarity with Cuba and Haiti where hurricane Sandy has killed dozens and destroyed thousands of homes. In a press statement on the ministry’s website, members of...
Colombia assumes presidency of UN Security Council
Colombia assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council Sunday. Speaking with reporters in Ibague over the weekend, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos regarded the task ahead as “a huge honor,...
Santos chairs UN meeting, requests more help for Haiti
President Juan Manuel Santos presided over his first UN Security Council meeting Wednesday, which was on the topic of Haiti, and called for a more concerted international effort in the reconstruction process after last...
Shakira and IDB to reconstruct school in Haiti
Shakira and the Inter-American Development Bank have teamed up to rebuild a 98-year-old girls school destroyed in the Haitian earthquake last year, reported Haiti Libre on Friday. During a ceremony in the courtyard of the ruined...
Colombia assumes presidency of UN Security Council
Colombia has assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council with the reconstruction of Haiti topping the agenda. The Colombian ambassador to the UN, Nestor Osorio, will chair the first meetings before President Juan...
Colombia foreign minister visits Dominican Republic
Colombia’s Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin has begun a tour of the Dominican Republic and Haiti Tuesday, aimed at strengthening relations with the Caribbean countries, TeleSUR reports Tuesday. Holguin will first...
Santos to chair UN Security Council meeting on Haiti
President Juan Manuel Santos will chair a UN Security Council meeting next month aimed at “giving a push” to reconstruction efforts in Haiti following last year’s earthquake, Spanish news agency EFE reports....
