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Colombia implements emergency measures to prevent imminent …
WEBMar 8, 2016 · Colombia implements emergency measures to prevent imminent blackouts. by Stephen Gill March 8, 2016. Colombia’s government is set to impose a series of energy-saving measures amid fears that an ongoing energy crisis caused by drought could cause blackouts. President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday announced new measures to incentivize energy ...
Poverty and inequality - Colombia Reports
WEBSep 25, 2023 · Poverty in Colombia decreased in last year after a major surge caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.. Colombia’s poverty rate. Colombia poverty rate dropped slightly in 2022, the statistics agency DANE said in its annual report. According to the DANE, almost 19 million people lived off less than …
25 years after Andres Escobar’s death, threats of violence still …
WEBAdam Veitch July 2, 2019. Andres Escobar. Exactly 25 years ago, the bodyguard of a paramilitary warlord shot and killed one of Colombia’s most beloved footballers outside a Medellin nightclub. The violence did not end with that traumatic experience. The callousness and brutality of the murder of “the other Escobar” was typical of the ...
Latest news from Colombia
WEBColombia allows military conscripts to sign up for peacebuilding. August 29, 2024. Colombia’s government signed off on the creation of alternatives to compulsory military service. The newly created “social services for peace” allow men between 18 and 24 to evade the military…. Read more.
Illegal armed groups (maps) | Colombia Reports
WEBOct 3, 2021 · The Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AGC) are Colombia’s largest illegal armed group with between 3,000 and 7,000 combatants. They are called the “Gulf Clan” by the government. The group is led by dissident former members of demobilized paramilitary umbrella organization AUC who abandoned their former group’s demobilization ...
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Crime and security in Bogota | Colombia Reports
WEBJan 19, 2023 · Armed robbery in Bogota has been growing over the years and reached record levels in 2019. The 2020 coronavirus plummeted the number of reported cases, but appears to also have had a long-term effect. Also in the months after the lockdown, reports of armed robberies and other crimes remained …
Violence against women in Colombia saw sharp increase in 2022
WEBNov 25, 2022 · Prosecution failed to report a single femicide conviction in annual report. by Adriaan Alsema November 25, 2022. Violence against women and girls in Colombia has seen a major increase in the first 10 months of 200 compared to the same period last year, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office. The government agency released the alarming ...
Aguilas Negras - Colombia Reports
WEBFeb 25, 2019 · The “Aguilas Negras” (Black Eagles) is a far-right group or collective that emerged in 2006 after the demobilization of paramilitary umbrella organization AUC. Of all illegal armed groups in Colombia, the Aguilas Negras is arguably the most mysterious, the most elusive and the most political. The group is not directly involved in drug trafficking, but has violently defended illegal gold ...
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