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CULTURE

Colombia court upends old Latin America naming tradition

07-11-2019 09:44 Tradition has long had it that children born to families in Latin America receive two last names: That of their father, followed by that of their mother. Now that practice is being challenged in court.

Colombian Elections

Shootings, death threats mar Colombia's post-peace elections

29-10-2019 07:00 Despite an historic peace accord, running for office in Colombia is still risky. Recently, two candidates were shot and burned to death in a campaign vehicle. Gubernatorial candidate Wilson Flores has received pamphlets declaring him a “military target.”

CRISIS IN ECUADOR

Argentina slams Maduro, offers 'strong support' for Ecuador's Moreno

08-10-2019 17:29 Seven Latin American governments, including Argentina, offer 'strong support' for under-fire Ecuador President Lenín Moreno, who is facing large protests over rising fuel prices. Nations criticise 'any action' by Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro intended to 'destabilise' government.

SUPREME COURT

Ex-Colombia president Álvaro Uribe questioned on witness tampering

08-10-2019 13:32 Colombia's powerful former president appears before Supreme Court for questioning in a case involving alleged witness tampering.

Colombia-Venezuela

Colombian intelligence leader quits after UN false document scandal

30-09-2019 18:36 The head of the Colombian military intelligence resigned on Monday after President Iván Duque delivered a report from his office to the United Nations on the alleged presence of Colombian guerrillas in Venezuela.

Human rights

Colombia ex-rebels testify about crimes at special peace tribunal

24-09-2019 18:21 Former combatants for Colombia's once-largest rebel army, FARC, asked for forgiveness Monday as they acknowledged kidnappings during the nation's longest civil conflict.

INTERVIEW

Colombia's Duque set to denounce Maduro at UN assembly

23-09-2019 08:28 "The brutality of Nicolás Maduro is comparable to Slobodan Milosevic," said Duque, who has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate Maduro for human rights abuses.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

US invokes regional defence treaty over Venezuela crisis

12-09-2019 09:11 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo invoked the treaty in response to heightening tensions between Venezuela and Colombia.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela starts military exercises along Colombia border

11-09-2019 11:30 Venezuela and Colombia have accused each other of funding paramilitary groups as Maduro calls for defending "our sovereignty and national peace by deploying our defense resources in full force."

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Maduro alerts Venezuela military, citing Colombian threat

04-09-2019 10:09 Both Maduro and Colombia's Duque have accused each other of hosting armed militants in recent days.

IVANKA IN ARGENTINA

Ivanka Trump to visit Jujuy on Wednesday

03-09-2019 14:44 Donald Trump's daughter and US Under Secretary of State John Sullivan are set to meet organisations in the province as part of the US administration's initiative for women's economic empowerment.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Argentina still in FIFA race to host 2023 Women's World Cup

03-09-2019 12:05 FIFA says it has sent "the updated bidding and hosting documents" to the eight member federations. They must file detailed bid plans for the first 32-team tournament by December 13.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mothers of Colombia's missing vow to keep searching

02-09-2019 13:17 Official figures put the number of disappeared in Colombia at 83,000, more than three times the number during the dictatorships of Argentina, Brazil and Chile combined.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's Guaidó names shadow cabinet to help oust Maduro

29-08-2019 11:23 The cabinet is set to include top opposition figures Leopoldo López and Julio Borges in Guaidó's latest bid to force Nicolás Maduro from power.

COLOMBIAN CONFLICT

Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again

29-08-2019 09:27 A group of former peace negotiators for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) say they are taking up arms again following what they considered the failure of a 2016 peace deal to guarantee their political rights.

VENEZUELAN EXODUS

Colombia to authorise nationality for 24,000 Venezuelan children

05-08-2019 15:00 The children were the victims of a legal loophole that prevented them from obtaining their parents' nationality due to "insurmountable obstacles" but left them without Colombian nationality due to legislation that doesn't recognise citizenship based on place of birth.

WORKERS' RIGHTS

Venezuela migrants propel billion-dollar delivery app

29-07-2019 15:43 Rappi, like similar companies, has also come under criticism for its modern-day labour practices, which reflect some of the shortcomings of the gig economy.

BLOOMBERG

Latin America's central banks poised to join global rate cut party

25-07-2019 09:52 Brazil, Peru and Mexico indicate rate cuts are on the cards, but Argentina remains the outlier.

FOOTBALL

Ex-Albiceleste coach Carlos Bilardo 'in a serious condition' after brain surgery

19-07-2019 13:03 81-year-old, who led the Albiceleste to World Cup glory in 1986, was taken into intensive care on Wednesday, after undergoing severe medical procedure for second time in little more than a month.

Missing Ex-FARC Leader

Colombian court orders arrest of missing ex-FARC leader

10-07-2019 16:20 Colombian President Duque responds with a denunciation of FARC

Copa América

Copa América: Rodriguez leads Colombia to win over Argentina

15-06-2019 22:59 This is the Colombians' first win over the Albiceleste since 2007. Argentina came closest to scoring with a close-range header by Messi that missed just wide in the 66th.

COLOMBIAN LEADER VISITS

Macri, flanked by Duque, says mass migration from Venezuela is unsustainable

10-06-2019 16:41 President Mauricio Macri said this afternoon that the current pace of the migratory exodus of Venezuelans from their crisis-stricken nation is unsustainable, as he and Colombian President Iván Duque criticised President Nicolás Maduro.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Colombia's Duque searching for trade, investment on trip to Argentina

10-06-2019 00:22 Colombian leader had dinner with President Macri on Sunday night after arriving in Buenos Aires. Monday's activities will be focused on trade and investment opportunities.

BLOOMBERG

'Staggering' Venezuelan exodus jumps to four million citizens

07-06-2019 14:02 Exodus from crisis-stricken nation has reached a “staggering” pace, climbing from 695,000 people in all of 2015 to over one million people since last November, watchdogs groups reveal in new report.

HANDOVER IN COLOMBIA

Duque takes power in Colombia – and a long list of challenges awaits

11-08-2018 10:58 President Mauricio Macri flies to Bogotá for swearing-in ceremony of new leader aligned with former head of state Álvaro Uribe.

FIFA WORLD CUP

England coach mined his own penalty shoot-out misery to change mindset

07-07-2018 08:07 "When something goes wrong in your life, it doesn’t finish you", Southgate said.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Dismayed Colombians weigh uneasy options in run-off

30-05-2018 12:24 The majority of centrist votes went to ex-Medellín mayor Sergio Fajardo, who has yet to endorse either candidate, and it remains to be seen where the largely urban, middle-class voters who flocked toward his campaign might gravitate.

ELECTION THIS SUNDAY

FARC deal crucial in Colombia presidential poll

26-05-2018 11:35 Colombia to vote in the first presidential ballot since the 2016 peace deal with the former guerrillas. Opinion polls put 41-year-old senator Ivan Duque as the favouirite, buoyed by support from hardline ex-president Álvaro Uribe.

KILLING AFTER RANSOM DEMAND

Argentine woman killed by suspected FARC rebels in Colombia

25-05-2018 16:30 An Argentine woman leading Israeli tourists on a tour of marijuana-producing areas of southwestern Colombia has been kidnapped and murdered by alleged FARC dissidents.

EDITORIAL

Editorial: A whole lot of voting going on

19-05-2018 09:05 there is a widespread feeling that while the citizen votes every four years, the markets vote evey day. Argentina’s recent experience would be a good example.

ATROCITIES BY AUC PARAMILITARY GROUP

Colombia exhumes remains of 9,000 victims of paramilitary violence

03-05-2018 15:03 Colombia has located and exhumed the bodies of 9,000 people killed by far-right paramilitary groups during the country's decades-long civil war, judicial officials said Wednesday.

ARRESTED IN COLOMBIA

Plot by Cuban jihadist to kill US diplomats halted

15-03-2018 14:17 Gutierrez is suspected of plotting to kill American diplomats in the name of the Islamic State.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

UN warns of catastrophe, as Venezuelan refugee claims surge close to 100,000

13-03-2018 16:47 Colombia urgently needs international help as it struggles with a humanitarian catastrophe along its border caused by a flood of Venezuelan migrants driven from their homes by hunger, a senior UN official has said. Nearly 100,000 Venezuelans have sought to claim refugee status since 2017, the UNHCR says.

Summit of the Americas 2018

Trump to attend Summit of the Americas meeting in Perú

13-03-2018 11:46 US presidents have attended all seven previous events, which often see plenty of political fireworks.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS

Right-wing parties opposed to FARC peace deal lead Colombia vote

12-03-2018 14:36 Colombians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new Congress, and a resurgent right, bitterly opposed to a peace deal that allows leftist former rebels to participate, polled strongly.

COLOMBIA ELECTION

Colombia's former rebel leaders now battle for votes

09-03-2018 14:38 Ahead of Colombia's March 11 election, FARC looks to expand their congressional presence.

COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS

FARC withdraws Timochenko from Colombia's presidential race

08-03-2018 13:45 Iván Márquez, a Senate candidate and senior member of the political party formed by the former FARC rebels, told reporters that party members decided not to field a candidate after ex-FARC leader underwent emergency open-heart surgery on Wednesday.