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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that he won’t attend Friday’s inauguration of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro. In a statement on social media platform X, Petro said that recent arrests…
M-19 | Colombia Reports
Mar 22, 2018 · Colombia’s 19th of April Movement, or M-19, was active as a guerrilla group in the 1970s and 1980s and later became a political party.. Unlike other Colombian guerrilla groups, the M-19 was not founded on communist principles but rather democratic ones, with an aim to strengthen and create a more inclusive democracy.
Colombia and Russia “reactivate” bilateral ties
Nov 15, 2024 · Colombia’s Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo paid a visit to Moscow that sought to “reactivate” ties with Russia and promote peace in Ukraine.
10 Colombia music genres you should know about - Colombia …
Jul 10, 2014 · Colombia is a land of music. The same mountains, deserts and other geographical barriers that give Colombia its cultural and ecological diversity have also given the country an impressive variety of…
Illegal armed groups (maps) | Colombia Reports
Oct 3, 2021 · AGC / “Gulf Clan” | FARC dissidents | “Puntilleros” | EPL / “Pelusos” | Caparrapos | Oficina de Envigado | Mafia de Sinaloa | LDNP | Cordillera | Pachenca ELN activity (2020) The ELN is Colombia’s last-standing Marxist guerrilla group and has been around for more than half a century. It has an estimated 3,000 armed members, mainly in the countryside.
Colombia’s military eliminates joint task forces
Nov 4, 2024 · Colombia’s military commander ordered the elimination of joint task forces that were created in 2003 to combat guerrilla group FARC, which largely demobilized in 2017.. The military command also ended the so-called Specific Command forces that were created under the administration of President Gustavo Petro to combat paramilitary group …
Colombia allocates $382M to climate disaster relief
Nov 13, 2024 · Colombia’s government has allocated $382 million (COP1.7 trillion) to respond to multiple disasters caused by what the government calls a “climate collapse.” President Gustavo Petro declared a national disaster after…
Colombia legalizes assisted suicide in historic ruling
May 12, 2022 · Colombia’s constitutional court legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS) on Wednesday. The historic ruling decriminalized PAS for people who suffer from severe health conditions that patients consider a threat to their dignity.
AGC / Clan del Golfo (Gulf Clan) | Colombia Reports
Oct 25, 2021 · The rearmament. When then-President Alvaro Uribe ordered the arrest of the demobilized paramilitary leadership later in 2006, Vicente Castaño, the brother of AUC founder Fidel and Carlos Castaño, ordered Mario and other mid-level commanders to rearm and retake control of the paramilitaries’ abandoned criminal and military operations.. Castaño allegedly was assassinated in Antioquia in ...