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Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:30:16 +0000Opposition leader favorite as countdown to Colombia’s 2022 elections begins
Opposition leader Gustavo Petro began the year ahead of Colombia’s 2022 presidential elections with a clear lead over his most powerful rivals. Petro, who lost the elections to President Ivan…
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Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000
Colombia’s COVID-19 vaccination drive descending into chaos
Colombia’s health minister said Tuesday that authorities will begin the applying COVID-19 vaccines to people of 60 and older as his National Vaccination Plan is descending into chaos. Health Minister…
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Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:30:32 +0000
‘Macaco’ joins other former warlords to testify before Colombia’s Truth Commission
One of Colombia’s most important former paramilitary commanders asked to testify before the Truth Commission over his role in the country’s armed conflict. Carlos Carlos Mario Jimenez, the former military…
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Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:00:15 +0000
Victims want Colombia to strip military war criminals of medals
The families of civilians who were executed by Colombia’s security forces to inflate results want the commanders responsible of these atrocities to be stripped of their medals, they said Tuesday.…
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Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:54:09 +0000
Colombia walks out of journalist rape trial claiming court is ‘prejudiced’
Colombia’s state representative walked out of an Interamerican Human Rights Court hearing on Monday while on trial over its alleged responsibility in the 2000 rape of a journalist. The decision…
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