Jan 8, 2025 · Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that he won’t attend Friday’s inauguration of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.. In a statement on social media platform X, Petro said that recent arrests of opponents of the Venezuelan government impede his participation in the inauguration ceremony.

Dec 26, 2024 · Colombia’s government decreed a 9.5% minimum wage hike after employers and labor unions failed to reach agreement. The wage hike that will take force in January is significantly higher than the estimated inflation rate for 2024.. Monthly minimum wages will go up from COP1.3 million ($297) to 1.43 million ($326) next year.

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Nov 4, 2024 · Colombia’s military commander ordered the elimination of joint task forces that were created in 2003 to combat guerrilla group FARC, which largely demobilized in 2017.. The military command also ended the so-called Specific Command forces that were created under the administration of President Gustavo Petro to combat paramilitary group …

Oct 3, 2021 · AGC / “Gulf Clan” | FARC dissidents | “Puntilleros” | EPL / “Pelusos” | Caparrapos | Oficina de Envigado | Mafia de Sinaloa | LDNP | Cordillera | Pachenca ELN activity (2020) The ELN is Colombia’s last-standing Marxist guerrilla group and has been around for more than half a century. It has an estimated 3,000 armed members, mainly in the countryside.

Feb 13, 2023 · The Pacific connection. The elites from Antioquia and Choco have also been promoting the construction of a port in the Gulf of Tribuga, which would create a direct naval route between Uraba and China.. The government of former President Alvaro Uribe began constructing a road to Tribuga in 2007, but this project was abandoned.. Uribe’s successor, former President Juan Manuel Santos, told the ...

Dec 21, 2021 · Almost 15 million people were affected by corruption in cases that came to light between 2016 and 2020, according to Transparency for Colombia. The anti-corruption NGO analyzed 967 corruption scandals…

Aug 9, 2022 · Crime and violence in Medellin has been on a rebound since 2016 after years of relative quiet in Colombia’s second largest city.. The city has more than 90 gangs with an estimated 2,600 members. The Oficina de Envigado, the organized crime syndicate that was founded by late drug lord Pablo Escobar as his local enforcer army, controls approximately 36 …

Jan 27, 2025 · US President Donald Trump ordered his administration to impose major tariffs on imported goods from Colombia in response to the country’s refusal to receive military airplanes with deported migrants. In a post on his website, Trump said that the refusal of Colombian President Gustavo Petro to ...