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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:36:54 +0000Vaccinations in Colombia start Feb 20 with first batch of 60 M doses
Colombia has secured 61 million coronavirus vaccines to immunize 70% of the population in 2021. The mass vaccinations begin on February 20.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:33:39 +0000Air France-KLM launch sustainable fuel program for corporate clients
The Air France-KLM group has announced further measures to reduce carbon emissions with a new program for its global corporate clients.
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:00:44 +0000News in Spanish: Canadá endurece medidas para viajeros extranjeros
Viajeros que den positivo en las pruebas COVID tendrán que aislarse durante 14 días en instalaciones designadas por el Gobierno.
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:57:49 +0000FARC’s kidnapping “error” overruled in historical legal verdict
The historic indictment against FARC and its decades-old practice of kidnapping could open a path toward reconciliation. Yet for many victims, a formal apology can't erase the trauma.
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:49:37 +0000Shem, the penman part III and the Art of anecdotal punnery.
Get thee to a punnery! might write our Jimmy Weiskopf as he returns with his inspired Shem, the penmark, in a third - and not final - installment.
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:50:02 +0000Max Kirschberg: A survivor of the horrors of Auschwitz
From Breslau to Bogotá, Max Kirschberg recounts his years at Auschwitz and how he co-founded one of Colombia's most important dry cleaning companies.
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 22:29:01 +0000Bogotá’s Claudia López outperforms other Mayors despite slump in ratings
Despite a citizens' movement to recall Bogotá Mayor Claudia López's mandate, the Green Party politicians outperforms other Mayors in her approval ratings.
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 17:30:43 +0000Colombia’s JEP indicts former FARC on War Crimes for kidnapping
In a landmark indictment by JEP, former FARC must either recognize their role in kidnapping for face up to 20-years in prison.
Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:16:28 +0000Colombia suspends flights with Brazil for 30-days over new variant
Colombia will suspend all air travel with Brazil for 30 days to prevent importation of the highly-infectious Brazilian variant.
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 22:40:07 +0000Bogotá shortens curfews as ICU and infection rates stabilize
Bogotá's Government Secretary Luis Ernesto Gómez announced revised measures for the capital as ICU occupancy stabilizes and infection rates begin to lower to December levels.
Wed, 27 Jan 2021 20:00:04 +0000January most violent month in Colombia since 2016 Peace Accord
During their recent Assembly FARC's representatives renamed their party Comunes to break with the past references of conflict as the country faces spiraling violence from dissidents.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:15:47 +0000Duque decrees 3 days of mourning for Carlos Holmes and 51,000 COVID victims
President Iván Duque has decreed 3 days of national mourning for the death of Carlos Holmes Trujillo and 51,747 victims of the pandemic.
Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:19:23 +0000Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Colombia’s Minister of Defense dies from coronavirus
Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Colombia's Defense Minister, has died from coronavirus after a two-week battle with the disease. Holmes Trujillo was a close friend of President Iván Duque.
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 19:17:51 +0000Colombia tops 2 M coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths
As the world registers more than 2 million deaths from COVID-19, total cases in Colombia topped 2 million, the second-highest for a South American nation.
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:36:20 +0000Orozco-Estrada debuts as Chief Conductor of Vienna Symphony with start of new season
The Colombian violinist and maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada takes over the Vienna Symphony after tenures at the Houston Symphony and Frankfurt Radio Symphony.
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:36:27 +0000Carlos Holmes responding “favorably” to respiratory support states goverment
Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo remains hospitalized with viral pneumonia due to COVID-19 and on respiratory support claims the government in an official statement.
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:23:26 +0000For Colombia, one hundred hippos is one too many
Controversy is raging over how to curb the exponential growth in Colombia's exotic hippo population that began with four creatures imported by Pablo Escobar.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:16:25 +0000Snowfall in Boyacá blankets glaciers of El Cocuy National Park
Humid air currents sweeping across the Amazon are dumping snow across the highlands of Boyacá and glaciers of the region's largest national park PNN El Cocuy.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:35:48 +0000Curfews for Bogotá and lockdown next weekend announces Mayor López
The Colombian capital will be placed under night curfews as of Tuesday and strict lockdown for the final weekend of January announced Mayor Claudia López.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:15:06 +0000Colombia’s Minister of Defense Carlos Holmes in intensive care with coronavirus
The Colombian government confirmed Monday that Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo is in intensive care with coronavirus at Bogotá's Military Hospital.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 22:56:28 +0000Colombia and capital Bogotá record highest day increase in COVID-19 cases
As the world reached the grim milestone of 2 million COVID-19 deaths, both Colombia and its capital Bogotá registered record single-day increases in new infections.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:10:12 +0000Foreigners detained in Cartagena for presenting falsified PCR tests
Colombian immigration officials detained three U.S citizens for attempting to leave Cartagena with falsified PCR tests. Overland borders remain closed until March 1.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:51:45 +0000UK bans entry from Colombia citing Brazilian COVID-19 variant
Colombia joins a host of South American nations barred entry to the UK over concerns of contagion with the Brazilian variant of coronavirus.
Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:15:17 +0000Duque extends Mandatory Selective Isolation decree to February 28
President Duque has not ruled out a return to a nationwide quarantine should citizens be indisciplined with obligatory coronavirus measures.
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 21:52:11 +0000U.S citizen detained in Colombia after flying with positive COVID-19 test
A U.S citizen who knowingly flew on a commercial flight after testing positive for COVID-19 was detained in Bogotá Wednesday by health authorities for violating health regulations.