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Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:00:02 +0000
Colombia surpasses 70,000 COVID-19 deaths after record increase
More than 70,000 people have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the global pandemic, the Health Ministry said Thursday as it reported a record number of fatalities. In its… The post Colombia surpasses 70,000 COVID-19 deaths after record in...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000
Ivan Duque bridges divides as Colombia unitedly rejects ‘worst president ever’
President Ivan Duque’s inaugural call to end division has been heard by Colombia’s voters, who reject his government with arguably historic unity, according to a poll. Duque’s tragicomic misrule has… The post Ivan Duque bridge...

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 21:43:16 +0000
At least 22 injured in southwest Colombia after ‘narcos’ attack indigenous counternarcotics operation
“Narcos” shot and injured an indigenous governor and at least 21 others who were removing coca from their reserve in southwest Colombia on Thursday, according to local authorities. In response… The post At least 22 injured in southw...

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:55:03 +0000
Medellin doctors urge lockdown, humanitarian aid to resuscitate healthcare
Medellin medical organizations urged humanitarian aid and a two-week lockdown to resuscitate the collapsed healthcare system in Colombia’s second largest city. The city of 2.5 million people entered in crisis… The post Medellin doctors ur...

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:12:50 +0000
Colombia seizes assets of firm behind disastrous dam project
Colombia’s Comptroller Generals on Monday ordered to seize an engineering firm whose “visionary” late founder conceived the disastrous Hidroituango hydroelectric dam. The Comptroller General ordered to seize 13 bank accounts… ...



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