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Colombia's ELN rebels announce Christmas truce
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group announced a unilateral truce on Sunday, to last until Jan. 3, the first since the previous ceasefire broke down in August. In a statement posted on X, the National Liberation Army said that it will halt attacks on...
Doctors say Brazil's Lula is recovering after surgery for a brain bleed
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering in an intensive care unit after undergoing unplanned surgery for a brain bleed, doctors said Tuesday. The procedure was performed after the 79-year-old leftist leader suffered complications resulting...
A motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated in Colombia killing 1 and injuring 14
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A motorcycle loaded with explosives detonated at a police checkpoint in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, killing the driver and injuring 14 others, authorities said. Officers had been conducting inspections in the community of Las Penas in the Jamundi...
Colombia to require visas for British citizens in response to UK visa restrictions
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that his country will impose visa requirements on British citizens, in retaliation for a decision made by the United Kingdom to remove Colombia from a list of countries whose nationals can visit Britain without a tourist...
Thousands of Colombians take to the streets to reject proposed reforms and rebuke the president
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of Colombians took to the streets on Saturday to oppose the policies of President Gustavo Petro, who accused demonstrators of trying to destabilize the government. Protesters in cities including Bogotá, Medellín and Cali decried a series of...
Colombia’s government is eager for a post-fossil fuels economy. But costs are a barrier
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's fiery left-wing President Gustavo Petro is one of the biggest opponents of fossil fuels on the world stage today, with speeches that lump oil and coal with cocaine as his country's “three poisons.” He's set a goal of weaning Colombia off those fossil fuels,...
UN chief calls for more pledges, private sector input to save global biodiversity at Colombia summit
CALI, Colombia (AP) — United Nation's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries on Tuesday to make new pledges to help save global biodiversity and called for the private sector to come on board. “Nature is life, and yet we are waging a war against it, a war where there...
Venezuelan opposition leader urges Colombia's president to recognize her faction's electoral victory
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Tuesday urged Colombia’s president to be decisive and recognize her faction’s victory in her country’s contested July presidential election. Machado’s message to President Gustavo Petro, an ally of...
Efforts to combat deforestation in Colombia hindered because of armed groups, report finds
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Armed groups operating in Colombia's Amazon are tightening their grip on the region and that's stalling government efforts to tackle deforestation, according to a think tank report Thursday. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents,...
Colombian electoral authorities open investigation against President Petro's 2022 campaign
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Electoral authorities in Colombia on Tuesday ruled in favor of investigating financial misconduct allegations against the 2022 campaign that got President Gustavo Petro elected. The investigation to be carried out by the National Electoral Council will focus...
