Tag: Colombia
Colombia decriminalizes abortion up to 24 weeks, a “historic” decision
It is the fifth Latin American country to soften its legislation on this subject. The Constitutional Court on Monday February 21 decriminalized abortion in Colombia for any reason up to…
Colombia legalizes abortions up to 24 weeks
The court has made abortions legal up to the 24th week of pregnancy. The country’s women’s movement is celebrating this as a victory in a decades-long struggle. Many women celebrate…
Colombia decriminalizes abortion up to 24 weeks
Pro-abortion protesters outside the Colombian Constitutional Court in Bogota on February 21, 2022. FERNANDO VERGARA / AP In a judgment handed down Monday, February 21, the Colombian Constitutional Court authorized…
Bitcoin in Colombia: A salsa on an air of regulation?
Cumbia 3.0 – Colombia experienced a high increase regarding the adoption of cryptocurrencies over the past year. The country’s largest bank has already spoken in favor of Bitcoin trading and…
Covid-19: Morocco, Colombia, Cuba … here are the countries that are on the green list this Wednesday
This Wednesday, February 16, several countries are on the green list. This therefore implies the freedom to come and go and therefore to go there freely for French nationals. Also,…
In the northeast of Colombia, the cycle of violence
A member of the Colombian army guards a national road in Auraca department, Colombia, January 22, 2022. JUAN BARRETO / AFP Eighty-six people have been killed since the beginning of…
Venezuela announces that it has arrested 35 “terrorists” in the border area with Colombia
The Venezuelan army captured 35 “terroristsLast weekend in southwestern Venezuela, an unstable area near Colombia, Attorney General Tarek William Saab assured Thursday, February 10. “A total of 35 members of…
Colombia Au 14 dead after landslide
BOGOTA, Feb 9 (Reuters) – A landslide killed at least 14 people and injured 35 in central Colombia on Tuesday, the Colombian disaster management agency said. This landslide was caused…
Colombia: fires in the Amazon put the capital under “environmental alert”
L’”environmental alertwas decreed for Bogota, threatened by the smoke of active forest fires for a few days in the Colombian Amazon and the size of a city like Paris, local…
Colombia: The Amazon records a record heat in January, leading to an increase in forest fires
A sad record. January 2022 has been the hottest month for the Colombian Amazon in the past decade, with an increase in wildfires in this region of southeastern Colombia. These…
Colombia: at least 66 murders in January in a region neighboring Venezuela
At least 66 people were killed and more than 1,200 displaced in January in a region of northeastern Colombia, bordering Venezuela, where two rival armed groups clash, Colombian authorities said…
Colombia accuses Russia of ‘foreign interference’ on border with Venezuela
“We know that some men and military units of the Bolivarian (Venezuelan) military forces have been mobilized towards the border (between Colombia and Venezuela) with the support and technical force…