Colombia’s main cities shut down as COVID threatens to collapse healthcare
Posted On: Saturday 16th of January 2021 12:19:21 PM
Residents of Colombia’s three largest cities woke up to another weekend-long curfew on Saturday as the coronavirus has hospitals on the brink of collapse. The curfew took force a day…
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Joe Biden and Colombia | Part 2: ending the ‘War on Drugs’
Posted On: Friday 15th of January 2021 12:07:17 PM
President-elect Joe Biden wants to end the United States’ so-called “War on Drugs,” which may force Colombia’s President Ivan Duque to drastically revise domestic drug policies. Duque gladly returned to…
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Fear in northern Colombia over former paramilitary leader’s return
Posted On: Thursday 14th of January 2021 11:45:27 AM
The repatriation of former paramilitary warlord Hernan Giraldo, a.k.a. “The Drill,” is causing unrest in northern Colombia where some of his children are engaged in a turf war. Giraldo was…
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What COVID taught Colombia about cocaine | Part 1: the tsunami
Posted On: Thursday 14th of January 2021 11:30:49 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a game-changer for Colombia’s cocaine trade and global counternarcotics efforts. While US president Donald Trump visited the Mexican border, authorities in the Netherlands said Tuesday…
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Colombia reveals first specifics of COVID vaccination campaign
Posted On: Thursday 14th of January 2021 11:00:43 AM
Colombia’s health ministry revealed the first specifics of the unprecedented campaign that seeks to vaccinate the country’s inhabitants against COVID-19. In a media presentation, Health Minister Fernando Ruiz revealed how…
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