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2021 Colombian protests. A series of protests began in Colombia on 28 April 2021 against increased taxes, corruption, and health care reform proposed by the government of President Iván Duque. The tax initiative was introduced to expand funding to Ingreso Solidario, a universal basic income social program established in April 2020 to provide ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia's government will not unilaterally break peace talks with rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN), its peace delegation said on Thursday. Vera Grave, head of the ...
Launched. 2008; 16 years ago. ( 2008) Current status. Active. Colombia Reports is a Colombian online newspaper in English, founded in 2008 by Dutch journalist Adriaan Alsema and headquartered in Medellín. The organization claims to be independent and not affiliated with any political or social organization. [ 1]
Don Berna, Adolfo Paz. Occupation (s) Leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia and The Office of Envigado. Conviction (s) Drug trafficking, money laundering. Criminal penalty. 27 to 33 years imprisonment. Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (born 23 February 1961), also known as Don Berna or Adolfo Paz, is a former leader of the United ...
Thought to be lost to science, a small, emerald green and navy blue hummingbird has been recorded in videos in Colombia in “extremely rare” sightings, the American Bird Conservancy said.
On 17 January 2019, a vehicle was driven into the General Santander National Police Academy in Bogotá, Colombia. The truck forced its way into the facility, hit a wall and detonated, killing 22 people (including the perpetrator) and injuring 68 others. [ 2][ 3] Suicide attacks are unusual in Colombia. The car contained about 80 kilograms (180 ...
The National Liberation Army ( Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla insurgency group [ 6] involved in the continuing Colombian conflict, [ 7] which has existed in Colombia since 1964. The ELN advocates a composite communist ideology of Marxism-Leninism and liberation theology.
The Catatumbo campaign has been an ongoing period of strategic violence between militia faction groups in the Catatumbo region [ es] of Colombia and Venezuela since January 2018. It is an extension of the War on drugs and developed after the Colombian peace process of 2016. The existence of the war was officially announced in August 2019 after ...