BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian armed group the Segunda Marquetalia on Sunday agreed to a unilateral ceasefire, after several days of peace talks in Caracas, which are part of President Gustavo Petro‘s efforts to end 60 years of unrest in his country. The unilateral ceasefire marks a step towards finally achieving peace in the South American […]
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Guerrilla fighters luring Colombian schoolchildren on TikTok
Fighters belonging to breakaway groups associated with Colombia’s largest rebel movement are posting videos on TikTok to entice young people to join them. The BBC has investigated the growth of guerrilla “recruitment” videos, with dissident factions yet to agree to a peace deal with the Colombian government. “One or two start the trend and it […]
Colombian family’s genes offer new clue to delaying onset of Alzheimer’s
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists studying a family plagued by early-in-life Alzheimer’s found some carry a genetic oddity that delays their initial symptoms by five years. The finding points to novel ways of fighting the mind-robbing disease – if researchers can unravel how a single copy of that very rare gene variant offers at least a […]
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Colombian ELN rebels lift suspension on kidnapping
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) on Monday said it would lift its suspension on kidnapping due to the government failing to live up to agreements reached during peace talks. The rebel group, which is in peace talks with Colombia’s government, said its decision was due to a delay in […]
Colombian president says government will sever Israel ties over Gaza ‘genocide’
Colombia’s president has announced that his government will sever diplomatic relations with Israel, in the latest escalation of a furious row between the countries over the war in Gaza. Addressing a May Day rally in Bogotá on Wednesday, Gustavo Petro again described Israel’s siege of Gaza as “genocide”. “Tomorrow, diplomatic relations with the state of […]
A Colombian army helicopter has crashed in a rural area of the country’s north, killing 9 soldiers
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An army helicopter carrying supplies to troops crashed in a rural area in northern Colombia on Monday, killing nine soldiers on board, the country’s armed forces said. In a statement, the Colombian military said the helicopter was taking the supplies to the municipality of Santa Rosa del Sur, an area that […]
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Colombian Fund Managers Eye $750 Million Fee Bonanza After Senators Tweak Pension Bill
(Bloomberg) — Colombian lawmakers added a clause to a pension bill in congress that will allow fund managers to rake in an additional $750 million in management fees. Most Read from Bloomberg The senate approved a proposal this week that allows private pension funds to levy as much as 0.7% on assets under management in […]
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Go and Drink Water Somewhere Else, Colombian President Tells Bogota Residents
(Bloomberg) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked Bogota residents to leave the city over the weekend to ease pressure on the drought-hit water reservoirs that serve the city. Most Read from Bloomberg “It’s not so people don’t drink water, because then we would die,” Petro said Thursday. “But it’s so we drink it in a […]