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Colombia: three children reported missing after landslide

Published on: December 6, 2024
16:25

Bogota, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) A landslide in the Micay Canon, southwestern Colombia's Cauca department, resulted in at least three children missing, a dozen people injured, and considerable material damage, local media reported.

Colombian airport workers continue protests

Published on: December 5, 2024
08:04

Bogotá, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) Immigration worker's protests at Colombian airports, which have caused delays in service and long lines since Tuesday, continue due to union demands for better working conditions.

Colombia lamented death of nationals in massacre in Ecuador

Published on: December 3, 2024
10:45

Bogota, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs today lamented the massacre that occurred the day before in the province of El Oro, in Ecuador, after which local media and officials reported the death of Colombian nationals.

Land adjudication regulated for peasant women in Colombia

Published on: November 29, 2024
09:55

Bogota, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) The issuance of Decree 1396 by the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, today adds to the actions being carried out in the country to promote Agrarian Reform and to close the gender gap.

Colombian film showcase wraps up in Havana

Published on: November 28, 2024
09:09

Havana, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) The 2nd Colombian Film Showcase in Cuba closes in this capital on Thursday. The three-day exhibition features restored movies and selected fiction, documentary, and animation films.

Colombian court sentences ex-paramilitary leader turned peacemaker

Published on: November 27, 2024
16:03

Bogotá, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) Former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso was sentenced today to 480 months in prison for 1,323 criminal acts committed from May 1999 to December 2004, but not implying restrictions on his freedom.

Colombian officials meet with indigenous protesters

Published on: November 27, 2024
15:04

Bogota, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) Officials from Colombia's National Land Agency (ANT) are holding talks on Wednesday with members of the Regional Indigenous Council of Risaralda (CRIR), who have presented the Government with a list of demands, hoping they heed their needs.

International Summit against People Trafficking concludes

Published on: November 27, 2024
10:50

Bogota, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The first International Summit against People Trafficking, whose objective is to implement actions to confront this scourge, will conclude today with the participation of experts, local officials and representatives of national entities in Cartagena, in northern Colombia.

Colombian and Venezuelan legislators to meet in Bogotá

Published on: November 26, 2024
08:08

Bogotá, Nov 26 (Prensa Latina) Legislators from Colombia and Venezuela will meet to review the state of relations between the two nations and assess the possibilities of deepening them.

Colombian Army destroys 13 cocaine paste laboratories

Published on: November 26, 2024
07:24

Bogotá, Nov 25 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian National Army reported that troops from the Command Against Drug Trafficking and Transnational Threats found and destroyed 13 laboratories used for the production of cocaine paste in the southern department of Putumayo.

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