Ex-military held for attack on Colombia’s Duque wanted to return to attack in Bogotá
The retired Colombian Army captain arrested this week for designing and executing the June 25 attack against President Iván Duque's...
July 25, 2021Topic
colombia politics
Colombian Defense Minister accused of being “responsible” for human rights violations
Opposition senators accused this Monday in a censure motion debate by the Colombian Minister of Defense, Diego Molano, of those...
May 24, 2021
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
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
Blinken and Duque, committed to “restoring democracy” in Venezuela
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, expressed their commitment to "restore democracy...
April 6, 2021
Colombian military accused of 6,400 extrajudicial killings
The court, called the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, is investigating crimes and atrocities committed during half a century of armed...
February 19, 2021 Colombian Court accuses military of 6,400 extrajudicial killings
The court, called the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, is investigating crimes and atrocities committed during half a century of armed...
February 19, 2021