Colombia is upgrading its air defense systems with the planned purchase of Dassault Rafale fighters at a moment in which the country faces no external threats from belligerent nations.
President Duque became the first Latin American leader to visit the White House under the Biden administration. Both leaders discussed regional security, migration and the invasion of Ukraine.
Monday saw a deepening political crisis with the resignation of Finance Minister Carrasquilla, road blockades, protests and fears of food and medical shortages.
President Iván Duque has decreed 3 days of national mourning for the death of Carlos Holmes Trujillo and 51,747 victims of the pandemic.
Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Colombia’s Defense Minister, has died from coronavirus after a two-week battle with the disease. Holmes Trujillo was a close friend of President Iván Duque.
Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo remains hospitalized with viral pneumonia due to COVID-19 and on respiratory support claims the government in an official statement.
Defense Minister, Guillermo Botero, handed-in his resignation after a motion of censure by Congress regarding an attack against FARC dissidents that killed 8 youngsters.