Social organizations called new strikes for Tuesday, Colombia’s Independence Day, to demand that Congress passes legislation on economic policy, peace and human rights. The latest strike was called by the National Strike Committee more than 80 days after it’s initial April 28 strike sparked protests throughout Colombia that have continued in the cities. The initial […]
Ten freelance journalists throughout Colombia are reporting live on protests against the far-right government of President Ivan Duque on Tuesday. Colombia Reports additionally is monitoring social organizations and citizen reporters from all over the country to provide a live feed on the national strike and associated protests. While promoters of the anti-government protests claim marches […]
Colombia’s former ambassador to Chile admitted before the war crimes tribunal he ransacked his native province and terrorized locals to advance his political career. Former Ambassador Salvador Arana sent a shockwave through Sucre after exposing the alleged terrorist activity of more than two dozen businessmen, politicians and police officials from the Caribbean province. According to […]
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said Thursday that some of the mercenaries implicated in the assassination of Haiti’s head of state knew about the plot. In an interview with W Radio, Duque said that investigations indicate that all of the private security contractors who were either arrested or killed in Haiti took part in the operation […]
Colombia’s National Police chief on Thursday claimed to have “clear evidence” guerrillas were planning “acts of terrorism” during upcoming anti-government protests. In a speech, General Jorge Luis Vargas said that information obtained from an alleged guerrilla computer provided “clear evidence” that the Urban War Front of guerrilla group ELN planned “to carry out acts of […]
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal charged 15 members of a now-defunct army unit with the murder of 176 people and forced disappearance of 120 others. Among the charged former soldiers is convicted Colonel Hernan Mejia, who was named “Best Soldier of the Americas” twice and wants to run for president for the far-right Democratic Center party […]
Colombia’s finance minister presented a new tax reform proposal on Tuesday, just days ahead of a national strike that sunk the government’s initial proposal. The proposal of Finance Minister Jose Manuel Restrepo seeks considerably less tax revenue than the proposal of former Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla in May. Instead of trying to increase next year’s […]
Colombia’s 2016 peace deal contains the necessary elements to resolve its current social crisis, the United Nations´ mission chief told the Security Council on Tuesday. During the presentation of his quarterly report on the progress of the peace process, UN mission chief Carlos Ruiz stressed the importance of the political participation chapter of the agreement. […]
The increasingly authoritarian regime of Colombia’s President Ivan Duque implied that anti-government protests pose a threat to national security on Sunday. During a speech in Medellin, Defense Minister Diego Molano claimed that guerrilla group “ELN and the [paramilitary group AGC, a.k.a.] Gulf Clan seek to finance and carry out activities” in the Antioquia province during […]
Claims that mercenaries from Colombia took part in the assassination of Haiti’s president are facing increasing skepticism in the two countries. Family members of the mercenaries, the rival of late President Jovenel Moise in the 2017 elections and foreign media have disputed the claim that 26 Colombians were involved in the assassination last week. More […]