Tag: #Colombia
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General strike as thousands protest Colombia’s government
Bogota, Nov 22 (AFP/APP): Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Thursday amid a general strike to protest the policies of President Ivan Duque’s right-wing government. There were no reported outbreaks of major violence as trade unions, students, opposition parties and the South American country’s indigenous organizations challenged…
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Colombia to deploy elite forces after killing of indigenous leader
Bogota, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): Colombia’s government on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 2,500 elite troops to combat dissident FARC guerillas after an attack that killed an indigenous leader and four guards. The country’s main indigenous organization for its part denounced the “bloodletting” of its people and called for a national demonstration. President Ivan Duque accused…
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Colombia’s ex-rebels remove mines they left during war
La Montañita, Colombia, Oct 29 (AFP/APP) :A grenade blew off the hands of onetime FARC guerrilla Edwin Correa, but he only surrendered his rifle once a peace deal was struck nearly three years ago. Since then, the former bomb expert has joined a different sort of fighting unit — one dedicated to removing the land…
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Colombia elects first woman mayor of Bogota
Bogota, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fight against corruption in Colombia, on Sunday became the first woman to be elected mayor of the capital Bogota. The 49-year-old center-left candidate, who is openly gay, won the local election with 35.2 percent of the vote ahead of liberal Carlos Fernando Galan (32.5 percent)…
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Colombia’s FARC party expels rebel faction
Bogota, Oct 10 (AFP/APP): The FARC political party in Colombia — created out of a peace agreement between the former guerilla group and the government — said on Wednesday they have expelled a band of dissidents who announced their return to arms. “The re-armament announcement disregards our national leadership” and “all political guidelines and disciplinary…
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Colombia ex-president appears before Supreme Court
A Judicial Investigation of a Colombia’s Former President Alvaro Uribe before Supreme Court
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Mainstream FARC rebels reject call to arms
Icononzo, Colombia, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):The logo on ex-FARC combatant Davinson Lopez’s tee-shirt says it all, and it’s a message Colombians desperately want to hear: “Our only weapon is peace.” A week ago several of the most prominent leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia sent a chill through this conflict-weary country when they emerged…