COLOMBIA

Colombia to allow to enter nationals expelled from Ecuador

Published on: January 10, 2024
17:04

Bogota, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Colombia’s Justice Minister Nestor Osuna unfolded on Wednesday the Government should be receiving as many as 1,500 inmates who would be expelled from Ecuadorian prisons.

Colombia grants geothermal energy project to Canadian company

Published on: January 10, 2024
12:14

Bogota, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The Colombian Ministry of Mines on Wednesday confirmed that the first geothermal energy and power generation project in the northeast of the country had been granted to a Canadian company.

Colombia thwarts trafficking of 1.2 tons of drugs

Published on: December 26, 2023
15:28

Bogota, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) An operation by the Colombian Navy and Air Force avoided a smuggling of 1.2 tons of drugs and arrested four foreigners who were in charge of transporting the illegal substances, the local press reported Tuesday.

President Gustavo Petro condemns Guachene Mayor assassination

Published on: December 23, 2023
13:44

Bogota, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday strongly condemned the killing of Guachené Mayor Elmer Abonía Rodríguez, in the southwestern department of Cauca.

Colombia’s Simón Bolívar scientific ship to explore Antarctica

Published on: December 17, 2023
00:15

Bogotá, Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) Colombia's scientific ship Simón Bolívar sailed to Antarctica with 18 scientists on board to explore and analyze ocean currents and the effects of the climate crisis on the continent.

Colombia launches mass vaccination campaign

Published on: December 16, 2023
12:22

Bogota, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Colombia’s Ministry of Health (MINSALUD) is vaccinating the entire population on Saturday for the fourth time, with the aim of intensifying immunization coverage and recover the levels that existed before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Colombian Foreign Minister makes working visit to Haiti

Published on: December 15, 2023
11:06

Bogota, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva today began a working visit to Haiti that will include the opening of a consulate of the South American country in Port-au-Prince, the Foreign Ministry informed here.

Colombia declared official host of 2024 Biodiversity Summit

Published on: December 15, 2023
11:01

Bogota, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The Conference Bureau of the Parties involved in the Convention on Biological Diversity declared Colombia as the official host of the Biodiversity Summit to be held next year, it was reported here today.

More than 20 Ibero-American countries attend MSMEs forum in Colombia

Published on: December 11, 2023
12:23

Bogota, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The sixth Ibero-American Forum of MSMEs begins in Medellin, some 420 kilometers northwest of this capital, with the participation of representatives of the public and private sector from 22 countries, an authorized source informed.

Colombia’s official return to UNASUR

Published on: December 6, 2023
10:12

Bogota, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Colombia made official its return to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) after almost five years of absence, a decision that responds to the country's commitment to regional unity, the Foreign Ministry informed in a statement.

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