After four years in opposition, President-elect Gustavo Petro met his political adversary President Duque to start the country’s peaceful transition of power.
President Iván Duque delivered his final speech to the UN Security Council as Colombia’s head of state where he explained advances in a peace process with legality.
Colombia and Venezuela reopened overland borders at Cúcuta and San Antonio after the two bridges were barricaded with the 2019 humanitarian aid convoy fiasco.
Coronavirus cases and single day mortality rates have reached five months lows in Colombia. China’s Sinovac studying vaccine production plant near Colombian capital.
International condemnation of the terror attack against President Duque has reaffirmed the Colombian President’s legitimate government as civil unrest continues with urban terrorists.
Left-wing Senator Gustavo Petro calls the Colombian Government a “dictatorship” and warns of “coup” after President Duque orders lifting of all road blockades.
Colombia’s southwestern city Cali is under military curfew after extensive rioting with Paro Nacional. Bogotá protests overshadowed by random acts of vandalism.
The first shipment of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine arrived in Colombia to a government reception and launch of the nationwide vaccination program.
Claudia López got a green light from the government to start COVID vaccinations as of February 20. The initial 7,700 doses are destined to frontline medical workers.
The government of President Iván Duque will grant Protective Status to almost 1 million Venezuelan migrants and important “humanitarian gesture” other nations should follow.
President Duque has not ruled out a return to a nationwide quarantine should citizens be indisciplined with obligatory coronavirus measures.
President Iván Duque confirmed Sunday the death of one of ELN’s front commanders and responsible for the recent attacks against police stations in Bogotá.
A year after their return to arms, the dissident commanders of FARC released a statement calling on mass protests and the resignation of President Iván Duque.
Bogotá will end quarantine ahead of schedule, announced Mayor Claudia López as ICU occupancy drops to 77% and lowest number in two months.
Despite a cautious lowering in new cases of coronavirus infection nationwide, President Iván Duque presided over the Independence Day celebrations of Veinte de Julio.
The pandemic has shown a spirit of leadership and collaboration among many of Colombia’s public officials, while also exposing political opportunism and misinformation.