Tag: Colombia
In Colombia, kings of the world without a future, by Christophe Donner
I remember Medellin. I had never heard of the cartel before. But the taxi we had taken at the airport had immediately put us in the mood, boasting of his…
Gustavo Petro suspends the ceasefire with the Clan del Golfo
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday March 19 suspended the ceasefire he had concluded on December 31 with the Clan del Golfo cartel, the country’s main drug trafficking gang. According…
Chain explosion in mines in Colombia
Published: Just now full screen The rescue service on site at one of the mines. Photo: Ivan Valencia/AP/TT At least eleven people have died in a mine explosion on Tuesday…
Chain explosion in mines in Colombia
Chain explosion in mines in Colombia The rescue service on site at one of the mines. Photo: Ivan Valencia/AP/TT At least eleven people have died in a mine explosion on…
“Un varón” by Fabián Hernandez, “a man does not cry”
This month of March, three Colombian films discovered at the San Sebastian Film Festival are released on French screens last year. Three stories of street teenagers, three issues and three…
Colombia and ELN agree on talks
Published: Just now fullscreen Colombia’s Vice President Francia Márquez, left, Otty Patiño, Colombia’s chief negotiator, and ELN’s chief negotiator Pablo Beltrán, right, at the conclusion of peace talks in Mexico…
5.9 magnitude earthquake in Colombia! Also felt in Venezuela and Panama
The 5.9 magnitude earthquake, with its epicenter in the town of Los Santos, was recorded at 04:18 local time, according to the Colombian Geological Service. It was stated that the…
Colombia wants to give Pablo Escobar’s hippos to India and Mexico
These hippos are descended from those the drug lord illegally imported from Africa in the 1980s. Located 150 kilometers north of Medellin, Hacienda Napoles was famous for its zoo. Inside,…
police held 24 hours by the native guard after a demonstration
In southern Colombia, clashes between demonstrators and security forces resulted in the death of a policeman and a peasant. The demonstrators protest against the Chinese oil company Emerald Energy which…
Colombia will ask the UN to remove the coca leaf from the list of illicit substances
The Colombian government has announced that it will join the request of Bolivia, which intends to ask the UN to remove the coca leaf from its list of illicit substances.…