Tag: Colombia
Bloody days in Colombia
Published: Less than 20 min ago full screen Colombian President Gustavo Petro. Archive image. Photo: Fernando Vergara/AP/TT At least 17 people were killed over three days in Colombia. It concerns…
in Colombia, a union leader in the oil sector assassinated
Sibares Lamprea was killed on Saturday September 10. as he left his father’s funeral “, specifies in title El Tiempo“ by men on a motorbike “, remember The Spectator. He…
Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Colombia, the guerrillas and the Mao school
Juan Gabriel Vasquez’s latest novel traces the extraordinary life of Colombian director Sergio Cabrera. An intimate story that mingles with the great collective movements of the 20th century between Maoist…
seven police officers killed in an attack, the most serious since the investiture of Gustavo Petro
Seven police officers were killed Friday, September 2 in an attack in San Luis, in the department of Huila, in the south-west of the country. The police were killed in…
Police officers killed in attack in Colombia
According to the newspaper El Tiempo, the officers, who came from the national police, were in civilian clothes and were attacked with shots and explosives when they arrived at a…
Bogotá and Caracas restore diplomatic ties
This is the front page of the press in Colombia and Venezuela: the arrival of two ambassadors in Caracas and Bogotá marks the re-establishment of diplomatic ties between the two…
Two journalists murdered in Colombia
The perpetrators were on a motorcycle when they opened fire on the two journalists. Another person was injured, but it is unclear if the third person also works as a…
President Petro offers talks to coca growers
In Colombia, the new president Gustavo Petro multiplies the proposals to fight against drug trafficking: on Wednesday August 24, he had called on the traffickers to surrender, promising them not…
more than 120 human rights defenders killed in 2022, Petro takes back the army
The figure is up by more than 30% compared to 2021. President Gustavo Petro who took office on August 7 has promised total peace. But the violence does not give…
Egan Bernal, the return to competition of a miracle
The Colombian Egan Bernal, winner of the Tour de France 2019, makes his big return to competition on Tuesday August 16 at the Tour of Denmark, almost seven months after…