US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “applauded” Colombia’s President Ivan Duque‘s response to anti-government protests on Monday despite mass reports of human rights violations. Pompeo made the controversial statement during a visit to the South American country where he will attend a regional anti-terrorism summit and meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido. During a […]
The Supreme Court magistrate investigating Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe may have been the victim of illegal spying practices since April last year, Noticias Uno reported Saturday. According to the news website, the prosecution has been investigating the entry of five armed and masked men in the magistrate’s apartment building during Holy Week. No wifi […]
Medellin was finally able to lower the number of homicides in 2019 after a year-long increase, but questions remain about the fate of 294 people who went missing last year. Of the 388 who were reported missing in 2019, 94 were found alive and 12 were found dead. What happened to the rest is a […]
The United States government will invest “billions of dollars” in rural development as part of its counternarcotics strategy in Colombia, a top official said Thursday. During a visit to Tumaco, Colombia’s top cocaine-producing locality, Adam Boehler of the recently founded International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), said that “it’s critical that we not only focus on […]
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday called on Colombia’s government to implement “all aspects” of a 2016 and expressed “serious concern” over ongoing violence. In a joint statement, the ambassadors reiterated their concern “over reports of grave security conditions in several of Colombia’s departments, and continued threats, attacks and killings targeting community and social […]
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday surrendered listening devices found in a magistrate’s office to the country’s acting chief prosecutor amid a growing spying scandal. Magistrate Hector Alarcon met with acting Prosecutor General Fabio Espitia, who said he would lead the investigation into the alleged spying on magistrates who have been involved in investigations against former […]
Under major public pressure, Colombia’s government and Uber began negotiations on Monday over the taxi app’s future in the South American country. Uber sued the state before an international arbitrational commission last week, triggering a six-month negotiation period to resolve the dispute about the app’s alleged unfair competition practices. A day later, the US company’s […]
The United Nations’ mission chief told the Security Council on Monday that Colombia will not achieve peace “if the brave voices of social leaders continue to be silenced” and urged government action. In his address to the council, UN mission chief Carlos Ruiz dismissed President Ivan Duque‘s recent claim that violence against human rights defenders […]
President Ivan Duque on Saturday refused to acknowledge he knew about Colombia’s biggest wiretapping scandal in more than a decade and vowed “zero tolerance” against those involved. According to weekly Semana, Duque sacked former National Army commander General Nicasio Martinez in December last year because the general had lied about illegal spying on a Supreme […]
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office announced investigations against two police generals whose alleged negligence may have allowed the ELN to kill 21 and injure more than 70 police cadets in a terrorist attack last year. One of the investigated top cops is Brigadier General Juliette Giomar, the general of the General Santander police academy in the […]