COLOMBIA

Colombian President to tour Amazon departments

Published on: September 12, 2024
16:14

Bogota, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro accompanied by members of his cabinet, will start Thursday a tour of the southern departments of Caqueta and Guaviare, where he will reveal plans to protect ecosystems.

Congress puts off discussion of Colombia’s Budget for 2025

Published on: September 12, 2024
14:52

Bogota, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) Colombia's Fourth Commission of the Senate deferred its debate on the 2025 budget from this Thursday to next Tuesday 17, due to lack of quorum.

National Meeting of Alternative Media to be held in Colombia

Published on: September 12, 2024
10:47

Bogota, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) The National Meeting of Alternative, Community and Digital Media of Colombia will begin today at the Metropolitan Cultural Center of Conventions of Armenia, in the department of Quindio, in the central-western region of the country.

Colombian Govt. facilitates credit for purchasing PV cells

Published on: September 10, 2024
07:30

Bogota, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Government announced on Monday the launching of a credit line that will allow low-income households to access financing for the acquisition and installation of solar photovoltaic systems.

New right-wing attacks seek to remove Gustavo Petro from office

Published on: September 9, 2024
11:57

Bogota, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Attempts to strip the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, of his constitutional immunity reveal today the strength of the new attacks of the right-wing sectors to remove him from power.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister hails trade growth with Colombia

Published on: September 6, 2024
17:33

Caracas, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, has described the growth of trade with neighboring Colombia as “excellent news”.

Colombian truckers’ strike affects supply of basic products

Published on: September 6, 2024
07:42

Bogotá, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Bogota, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The setbacks generated in social and economic spheres are increasing in Colombia due to the strike of truckers, caused by the rise in the price of diesel. Truckers have chosen, as a means of protest, the blockade of many of the main roads in the country.

Strike of Colombian transporters generates social and economic damage

Published on: September 5, 2024
07:39

Bogotá, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) A strike by Colombian transporters, seen by the country's labor confederations as a destabilization attempt, continues despite the government's calls for dialogue and the presentation of several proposals to the union.

At least six dead in traffic accident in Huila, Colombia

Published on: September 2, 2024
14:04

Bogota, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) At least six people died and twenty were injured in a traffic accident today on the San Agustin-Pitalito road, in the department of Huila, in southwestern Colombia.

New plan for illicit crop substitution agreed in Colombia

Published on: September 2, 2024
10:40

Bogota, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian government and former guerrillas of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces-People's Army (FARC-EP) agreed on a new implementation route for the National Program for the Substitution of Illicit Crops (PNIS) of the Final Peace Agreement.

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