Colombia’s travel and tourism industry is no more, government efforts will aid only the few. The international 24-hour news channels engage us with cute visuals of wildlife reclaiming the streets in cities around the world and inform us of the heroes on the frontlines combating the virus, while in Colombia at least, we are expected […]
While Colombia’s urban population is struggling, the national indigenous organizations consider the coronavirus pandemic a wake-up call from Mother Earth to “return to the origin.” According to national indigenous organization ONIC, the coronavirus is not just a threat, but also an opportunity for communities to improve social bonds and ancestral self sustenance practices. Furthermore, indigenous communities […]
Colombia’s government has decreed a quarantine in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Municipal governments have announced additional compulsory measures to prevent the spread of the virus. If you’re a foreign migrant or resident in Colombia, violation of the quarantine may lead to sanctions, including an eventual expulsion, from Migration. It is important to realize that […]
Public health intermediaries plan to assign only their best-paying clients to intensive care units (ICU’s) during the pandemic, according to Colombia’s Medical Federation (FMC). FMC executive Carolina Corcho made the bombshell accusation on Twitter on Monday and urged immediate intervention to prevent what she called a “penny war.” If Corcho’s claim is correct, this would […]
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BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s central military hospital, which for decades was inundated with victims of landmines and other casualties of the country’s internal conflict, is being outfitted to battle a new enemy: coronavirus. A Colombian soldier stands outside one of the tents being built in a parking lot of the Military Hospital for patients with […]
President Ivan Duque announced a $ 1.5 billion injection into Colombia’s healthcare system and emergency subsidies for the poor on Sunday as the country is set to go into quarantine to prevent a coronavirus outbreak. The measures are part of a major offensive that seeks to prevent the pandemic causing a catastrophe in Colombia where […]
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said Thursday that the country’s airport authorities will ban the arrival of foreign flights for 30 days starting Monday. The ban includes the transit of passengers at Bogota‘s El Dorado airport. Foreigners who want to leave the country will still be able to, according to Duque. Travel bans and curfews The […]
Colombia’s hospitals and epidemiologists called for mandatory isolation on Monday to prevent the collapse of the country’s healthcare system. The president asked the Virgin Mary for protection. Neither Colombia’s medical society nor Duque were kidding. A recent study estimated that a coronavirus outbreak in Colombia could infect 15 million people, 750,000 of whom would require […]
With the birth of “The Resistance,” Colombia’s President Ivan Duque and his far-right party face increasingly organized opposition from human rights defenders, anti-corruption activists and conflict victims. “The Resistance” announced its inception on Friday and said it would seek to mobilize public support for political change and form a “broad citizen’s front” against attacks on […]