Pandemic and riots: Colombian government asks Conmebol to postpone Copa América
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Colombian Minister of Sports, Ernesto Lucena, announced Thursday that the Government would ask the...
May 20, 2021Topic
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2020 was a murderous year for human rights defenders in Colombia
2020 was the most violent year in more than a decade for human rights defenders in Colombia due to the...
May 20, 2021
Duque appoints Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez as Colombia’s foreign minister
Colombia's vice president, Marta Lucía Ramírez, was appointed this Wednesday foreign minister to replace Claudia Blum, who resigned last week...
May 19, 2021
Colombian Congress shelves controversial health care reform bill
The Colombian Congress on Wednesday shelved the controversial health reform bill, one of the demonstrators' main demands in the protests...
May 19, 2021
Tense calm in Colombia after Duque order to unblock roads
A tense calm on the eve of the fourth day of the national strike against the Government is experienced this...
May 18, 2021
Colombia accumulates 3.1 million cases and more than 81,000 deaths due to Covid-19 (May 16)
Colombia added this Sunday 15,093 new infections and 520 deaths due to covid-19, bringing to 3,118,426 the number of people...
May 17, 2021
A new “great mobilization” called for next May 19 in Colombia
The National Strike Committee (CNP), one of the promoters of the protests that began last April 28, called for a...
May 16, 2021
Colombia reports 530 Covid-19 deaths, new daily death record (May 15)
Colombian health authorities reported this Saturday 530 deaths due to covid-19, a new daily death record, surpassing the figure of...
May 16, 2021
Pandemic still without a ceiling in Colombia in the midst of one of its worst crises
While Colombia is going through one of its worst social and political crises due to protests, deaths due to coronavirus...
May 14, 2021