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De La Espriella Sets Ground Rules for Indigenous Protest in Conflict Region

President Abelardo De La Espriella will guarantee peaceful demonstrations by CRIC in the department of Cauca but says his government will not tolerate road blockades, violence or attempts to pressure ...
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Bogotá’s Weather Turns Electric With Hailstorms

After weeks of El Niño-driven drought, forest-fire warnings and fears for the Cerros Orientales, Bogotá was suddenly battered ...
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Drone attacks hit police in Cauca and Chocó as Colombia’s displacement crisis deepens

At least 10 police officers were wounded in drone attacks targeting security forces in Cauca and Chocó on Tuesday.
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Abelardo’s first Sixty Days: Security at Home, Investment Abroad

After 60 days in office, Abelardo de la Espriella has severed Colombia’s Total Peace policy, rejected negotiations with illegal armed groups and prioritised security, while strengthening ties with ...
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De La Espriella keeps his promise and sends Colombia’s Vice-President Restrepo to UN

Colombian Vice-President Vice-President José Manuel Restrepo delivered the address to the United Nations General Assembly on ...
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Tallis Scholars bring five decades of Renaissance polyphony to Bogotá

The 15th International Festival of Sacred Music of Bogotá enters its final week with The Tallis Scholars making their debut ...
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Colombia security debate moves to Bogotá as congressman seeks military deployment

A Colombian lawmaker has asked President Abelardo De La Espriella to deploy soldiers in three Bogotá localities hit by high homicide rates. The city government says the Army already supports police ...
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Colombia’s Unfinished Business of Peace: De La Espriella and JEP

Ten years after Colombia’s historic FARC peace accord, President Abelardo De La Espriella is challenging the cost and record of the JEP, as victims await reparations and the United Nations defends ...
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De La Espriella vows to get ‘Pinocho’ after death of paramilitary leader in Santa Marta

The killing on Monday of alias “Cholo”, a senior commander of the Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada, was followed by road blockades, burned buses, suspended transport and widespread ...
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What next for Santa Marta after De la Espriella militarized the coastal city?

Santa Marta remained unusually quiet Wednesday after President Abelardo De la Espriella ordered the coastal city militarized following an armed strike attributed to Los Pachenca. Shuttered businesses, ...
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Colombia, Ecuador in trade and energy spat after Noboa announces 30% “security” tariff

Colombia and Ecuador have started exchanging trade retaliations after Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced a 30% “security” tariff on imports from Colombia, escalating tensions between Andean ...