News of bogota

Death stalks Colombian defenders of nature

13-09-2021 13:52 Global Witness NGO says Colombia was the most dangerous country for land and environment defenders for the second year in a row in 2020, accounting for 65 of the 227 killings reported worldwide.

POVERTY & THE PANDEMIC

Covid’s shockwaves took poverty in Latin America to a new nadir

05-05-2021 13:33 The Covid-19 pandemic has sent a wave of poverty racing across Latin America, deepening declines that began over the past decade and consigning millions to lives of deprivation.

PROTESTS IN COLOMBIA

19 dead, 800 wounded as Colombia cracks down on tax reform protests

04-05-2021 11:57 Protesters in Colombia called Monday for a new mass rally after 19 people died and more than 800 were wounded in clashes during five days of demonstrations against a proposed government tax reform.

LATIN AMERICA

Colombians protest tax reform proposal amid pandemic

29-04-2021 11:48 Protesters march as President Iván Duque's government moves to tax the incomes of those earning more than US$656 a month, lowering the threshold to broaden the tax base.

copa américa in doubt?

Bogotá bars football matches as virus stretches health system

26-04-2021 15:34 Colombia's capital Bogotá on Monday barred two continental club football matches from taking place due to the city's health system teetering on the verge of collapse from the coronavirus pandemic.

Global pandemic

Latin America's cities bustle like Covid is gone – but it’s not

20-09-2020 21:57 In Latin America’s big cities, as in other places around the globe, it almost feels like the virus never happened.

News of bogota

Death stalks Colombian defenders of nature

Covid’s shockwaves took poverty in Latin America to a new nadir

19 dead, 800 wounded as Colombia cracks down on tax reform protests

Colombians protest tax reform proposal amid pandemic

Bogotá bars football matches as virus stretches health system

Latin America's cities bustle like Covid is gone – but it’s not

Argentina moves closer to joining BRICS group

Buenos Aires adapts tentatively to post-pandemic urban living

Judge to close ‘Olivosgate’ case in exchange for donations by president, first lady

Argentina’s forgotten African roots

Health Ministry probing first suspected case of monkeypox in Argentina

A pesar de representar a la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, la diputada de Milei gastó todos los pasajes aéreos del Estado

Testigo en casa de Pettinato: "Los vi muy eufóricos a Felipe y al médico pocas horas antes del incendio"

Milagro en el microcentro porteño: se arrojó desde el piso 11 y se salvó

Las confesiones de Adolf Eichmann a un periodista en Buenos Aires salen a la luz 65 años después

Viruela del mono: "alta probabilidad" de que el caso sospechoso en Buenos Aires sea positivo