Colombia

Colombia’s National Narcotics Council (CNE) ordered the National Police to restart the aerial fumigation of coca, the base ingredient for cocaine. In a resolution, the CNE ordered “as a controlled, limited, temporary, and evaluable experimental phase, the implementation of a pilot plan for the eradication of illicit crops through aerial spraying using a […]

Colombia is moving rapidly to revive aerial eradication of coca, but the chemical at the centre of its first proposed test will not be glyphosate, known commercially as “Round Up”. The government of President Abelardo de la Espriella has approved a pilot programme to test the aerial spraying of coca crops with glufosinate ammonium, an

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A Bogota judge ordered Colombia’s government to remove images and videos of President Abelardo de la Espriella walking through the remains of slain suspected guerrillas from its social media accounts. The judge also ordered the government to remove images and videos of the body bags containing the lifeless remains of four members of organized crime The […]

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the “rebirth” of bilateral relations as they signed memorandums of understanding on nuclear energy and rare earths. The two leaders met in Barranquilla, where De la Espriella lives, as part of Rubio’s tour through allied countries in the Andean region. The […]

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s whirlwind visit to Colombia on Tuesday marked a decisive shift in relations between Washington and Bogotá, with President Abelardo De La Espriella presenting his government as a renewed strategic partner for the United States in Latin America. Meeting in Barranquilla, the alternate seat of Colombia’s presidency […]

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella lifted a gun ban that had been in place since 2015. According to De la Espriella, the decision seeks to give “good citizens” a way to defend themselves against “criminals.” “For years, law-abiding citizens were restricted, while criminals continued to arm themselves to the teeth illegally. That has […]

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to arrive in Barranquilla on Tuesday afternoon for a high-level meeting with Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella, in what could become a defining moment in the reconstruction of relations between Bogotá and Washington. The visit, confirmed by Colombia’s Foreign Ministry, will be Rubio’s first […]

The Liberal Party announced that it had joined the congressional coalition of Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella. The party, which also supported De la Espriella’s presidential bid, said that it would join the coalition after “extensive deliberation and arduous debate among representatives, senators, and leadership” of Colombia’s oldest […]

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella appointed retired army General Jorge Andres Zuluaga as director of the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) despite pending criminal investigations. Zuluaga, who spent 30 years with military intelligence, is best known for his participation in Operation Jaque, which liberated former presidential candidate […]

Colombia’s Puracé volcano remains under an orange alert after another episode of seismic activity was recorded in the southwestern department of Cauca on Sunday night, adding to a sustained period of volcanic unrest that has included ash emissions, volcanic tremor, gas releases and slow deformation of the ground. A magnitude-4.1 earthquake was recorded […]

Colombia’s chief ombudsman, Iris Marin, clashed with the national government after she criticized President Abelardo de la Espriella for walking among the corpses of people killed by the military. In a public statement, Marin reiterated that “in recent days, we saw the president of the Republic walking among the bodies—in white body bags—of people […]

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Bogotá’s iconic Teatro Colón is the starting point for a month-long exploration of music, spirituality and the many ways in which cultures find common ground in a city of contrasts. The occasion is the 15th edition of the International Sacred Music Festival, which opens on under a theme that is both musical and quietly ambitious:

A court ordered the government and the military to suspend air strikes on suspected members of illegal armed groups while studying the risk of harm to child forced recruitment victims. In a preliminary sentence, the Bogota family court in response to a lawsuit that was filed by a civilian who claimed the State ignored its The post Judge orders Colombia’s […]