Venezuela and Colombia will restore diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level on August 7, the day the new Colombian president Gustavo Petro, who belongs to the left, takes office, representatives of the two countries announced on Thursday. Venezuela’s foreign minister, Carlos Faria, welcomed his designated future Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Leyva, in San Cristóbal, the capital […]
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Colombia: Eight children are missing after a landslide near a school
Eight children are missing, trapped after a landslide hit the site of a rural community school in northwestern Colombia, authorities said Thursday. “A landslide has hit the school in (the village of) Porvenir. The first information is that eight children are trapped,” Daniel Quintero, the mayor of Medellin, the capital of Antioquia province, where the […]
Colombia: Gustavo Petros proposes a mutual truce to the ELN
Colombia’s president-elect Gustavo Petro proposed yesterday Tuesday to the National Liberation Army (ELN) to declare a bilateral ceasefire and to restart the government’s peace negotiations with the rebel organization, which is officially considered the last to continue the armed struggle in the Latin American country, after the disarmament and the dissolution of the FARC. “The […]
Colombia: President-elect announces first name of cabinet minister
Colombian Social Democrat President-elect Gustavo Petro – the first left-wing politician to take office in the country on August 7 – named Alvaro Leiva his future foreign minister at the weekend. This is the first name of a minister of his government announced by Mr. Petros. Mr Leiva, a 79-year-old Colombian political veteran, is well […]
Colombia: At least 5 dead and hundreds injured in bullfight
At least five people have been killed and hundreds injured when a wooden platform collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia, the BBC reports, citing local media. “At the moment, there are four dead. Two women, a man and a minor,” Tolima governor Jose Ricardo Orosco told local media. The accident happened in the city […]
Colombia and Venezuela discuss reopening their borders
Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have discussed their common desire to “restore” the movement of people and goods across the two neighboring countries, which has been severely restricted since 2019 due to the cessation of hostilities. their diplomatic relations. “We discussed our desire to restore order on the border, various issues […]
Biden congratulated Colombia’s left-wing newly elected president
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday congratulated Senator and former rebel Gustavo Petro, who won the second round of Sunday’s presidential election in Colombia and will become the first left-wing president in Andean history in August. Mr Biden spoke with Mr Peter and said he was “looking forward to working with the president-elect to continue […]
Colombia: ELN ready to negotiate with President-elect Gustavo Petros
The leadership of the National Liberation Army (ELN), officially the last rebel group to continue its armed struggle in Colombia, assured on Monday that it was “fully prepared” to resume peace talks with President-elect Gustavo Petro days of the outgoing government. “The ELN (Guevara)” actively pursues the struggle and the political and military resistance, but […]
Gustavo Petro is elected President of Colombia
LAST UPDATE: 08.18 The result of yesterday’s presidential election in Colombia is historic: the opposition Gustavo Petro is the first candidate of the left to be elected president in the history of this Latin American state, with the ambition to “change” a country in crisis, which has never experienced such switching. Mr Petros, 62, received […]
Colombia: The economic model and relations with the US at stake in the elections
Colombians are voting in the presidential election to choose between a former rebel who wants to transform their corporate-friendly economic model and a major builder investigating corruption, according to Bloomberg. Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old former mayor of Bogota, wants to raise taxes on the rich, halt oil exploration and protect local industry and agriculture through […]
