Colombia’s capital declares red alert over new COVID-19 wave
Colombia’s capital Bogota will lock down over the weekend as a new coronavirus outbreak is rapidly saturating the city’s hospitals. Mayor Claudia Lopez issued a red alert on Tuesday after…
Colombia’s capital Bogota will lock down over the weekend as a new coronavirus outbreak is rapidly saturating the city’s hospitals. Mayor Claudia Lopez issued a red alert on Tuesday after…
Authorities and locals from Buenaventura agreed to jointly search for hundreds of people who have gone missing in Colombia’s most important port city. The pact that was announced on Tuesday…
The government of Colombia’s far-right President Ivan Duque asked the Constitutional Court to revoke a Supreme Court order that restricted the use of police violence against protests. The National Agency…
Some of Colombia’s largest cities have been forced to reinstate lockdowns as a new surge in COVID-19 infections is knocking down hospitals and slowing down vaccination efforts. Health Minister Fernando…
A massacre of four people in southwest Colombia on Wednesday painfully highlighted the ongoing increase of violence in the country. According to Senator Valencia Feliciano, an native Colombian leader from…
The coronavirus pandemic made Colombia’s poverty rate one of the highest in South America, according to the United Nations. The UN’s Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)…
A political ally of President Ivan Duque sabotaged a ceasefire with Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, according to former President Juan Manuel Santos. At an event organized by the…
The coronavirus aggravated the impact of armed conflict on civilians in Colombia last year, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). During the presentation of the humanitarian…
A former president of Colombia’s Supreme Court was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Thursday for his role in one of the biggest corruption scandals of the century. Former…