Colombia’s finance minister proposed to temporarily allow employers to hire workers for 80% of the country’s $ 250 monthly minimum wage, claiming this would boost economic recovery. Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla made the proposal after brainstorming with economists and business associations about how to help the economy recover from to the coronavirus, which has skyrocketed […]
Colombia’s police chief is in deep trouble over a series of corruption scandals and evidence of widespread ties between police and drug traffickers. The mounting corruption scandals has caught the attention of the prosecution, the Inspector General’s Office, and even the president, according to newspaper El Espectador. The Prosecutor General’s Office announced last week that […]
Indigenous leaders from southwest Colombia received a death threat within hours of a massacre in which at least four people were murdered on Saturday. The death threat signed by a dissident FARC group was sent to the Indigenous Elders from Northern Cauca (ACIN) after armed men on Saturday evening indiscriminately opened fire at people in […]
Little more than two weeks after Colombia’s media reported that “Iota erased Providencia,” locals from the Caribbean island are beginning to realize that also the interest that followed the hurricane will abandon them. Although the media reports became more encouraging over the initial panic, the photos and videos made it clear that what some call […]
Colombia’s Finance Minister authorized the purchase of 10 million COVID-19 vaccines from US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, according to radio station Blu. The pending purchase would allow the vaccination of one fifth of the population of the South American country. The government would also be negotiating with British pharmaceutical company Astrazeneca, whose vaccine is still awaiting […]
Colombia’s military played down proven ties with now-defunct paramilitary organization AUC in a report sent to the Truth Commission, according to newspaper El Espectador. In a report, the military acknowledged it supported “civic-military” paramilitary groups when they were legal in the 1960’s, but denied responsibility for the surge of drug-fueled paramilitary violence after the 1980’s. […]
The coalition of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque lost another seat in the Senate after the arrest of a senator on bribery charges. Senator Eduardo Pulgar of the center-right U Party was arrested on Bogota‘s El Dorado airport after the Supreme Court warranted his arrest. The senator is being investigated by the top court for allegedly […]
Colombia’s migration policy sought to “whiten society” through immigration for more than half of the country’s history. The South American country’s history of migration policies is no more embarrassing than those of the United States, where children were put in cages until recently, or Europe and its history of antisemitism. Colombia’s first law after its […]
President Ivan Duque accused the opposition of defending FARC dissidents on Saturday for proving the prosecution conspired with the US government to sabotage Colombia’s peace process. Opposition Senator Gustavo Petro on Thursday provided unequivocal evidence that former chief prosecutor Nestor Humberto Martinez conspired with the DEA to arrest former guerrilla ideologue “Jesus Santrich” on a […]
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) depriving Colombia’s FARC victims of their right to justice through fraud requires a judicial response to prevent repetition. I don’t know and don’t understand why the DEA sought the extradition of “Ivan Marquez” and “Jesus Santrich” on fictitious drug trafficking charges when the former FARC leaders’ victims are in Colombia […]