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Colombia’s Finance Minister Miguel Gomez presented a budget proposal of COP634.9 trillion ($203 billion) for the coming year, a 14% increase compared to last year. Much of the increase is due to the government’s debt obligations, which went up 55% to 155.4 trillion ($49.8 billion), almost a quarter of the entire budget. At a presentation, The post […]

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella announced Thursday that the country’s Armed Forces have carried out a military strike against the FARC dissident faction commanded by alias Calarcá in the southern department of Guaviare. According to initial reports, eight members of the criminal armed group have been killed. De la Espriella said the […]

President Abelardo de la Espriella said Thursday that Colombia’s armed forces killed eight guerrillas of FARC dissident group EMBF in a joint operation. In a post on social media platform X, De la Espriella said that the military offensive targeted “camps used by structures of the Jorge Suarez Briceño Block,” a unit of the EMBF, The post Colombia […]

Colombia’s Abelardo De La Espriella has declared that every illegal armed and criminal organization operating in Colombia will be treated as a terrorist group, signaling a sharp hardening of his government’s security policy only weeks after taking office. Speaking during a security council in Barranquilla on Sunday, President De La Espriella said his […]

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella called on the security forces to impose the law “like a giant with an iron fist, the iron fist of the State.” During a meeting with commanders of the security forces, De la Espriella stressed that security “is the cornerstone of our government and the most forceful government policy.” The post De la […]

Oil thieves from north Colombia would be stealing at least 123,700 barrel of gasoline, diesel and naphtha, a month, claimed President Abelardo de la Espriella. According to De la Espriella, the theft of the refined oil products that wee imported or produced by state-owned oil company Ecopetrol “is utterly alarming, and demands an immediate and The post […]

More than 30,000 hectares have been burned across Colombia’s Tolima department as firefighters battle one of the region’s worst wildfire emergencies in years, but authorities are now investigating a darker possibility: that some of the fires are being deliberately set by criminal groups seeking to divert security forces, destabilize communities and […]

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Colombia’s government drastically expanded the region affected by the August 10 earthquake in a second decree declaring an economic emergency. According to the decree, President Abelardo de la Espriella declared the emergency in 15 of the country’s 32 provinces “for a period of thirty (30) calendar days, in order to conjure the crisis and prevent The […]

Colombia’s Shakira has pledged US$1.25 million toward rebuilding schools and educational infrastructure damaged by the earthquake that struck Colombia’s Pacific region on August 10, announcing a major recovery initiative during a visit to Chocó on Monday. The award-winning singer and pop superstar arrived in Quibdó accompanied by American […]

The government of Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella gave Prosecutor General Luz Adriana Camargo a white paper with more than 80 complaints over alleged corruption by the previous government. The 135-page “Book of Truth that was presented by De la Espriella, contained “the result of the work carried out under the coordination of Vice The […]

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Amidst the rubble and destruction caused by Monday’s devastating 7.4-magnitude earthquake across much as Central and Southwest Colombia, reports are surfacing that the leftist government of ex-President Gustavo Petro initially decided that the country did not need specialized international search-and-rescue teams.  According to a letter signed by Javier […]

The director of Colombia’s disaster management agency UNGRD said Thursday that at least 273 people died and that 377 were missing from the region that was struck by a 7.4M earthquake on Monday. According to UNGRD director David Tamayo, the earthquake affected a total of 97,515 people. So far, rescue workers and neighbors were able The post Colombia says […]

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella said he would declare an economic emergency and create a reconstruction fund for homes and small businesses that were destroyed in Monday’s earthquake. In  a press statement, De la Espriella said that the government would initially support victims with temporary relief and will declare an economic emergency […]