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Colombia marks 25th anniversary of Galan's assasination
WEBAug 18, 2014 · Luis Carlos Galan, a favored presidential candidate and outspoken enemy of Colombia’s drug cartels, was assassinated 25 years ago on August 18 during a campaign rally outside Bogota.. At the time of his assassination in 1989, Luis Carlos Galan was predicted in polls to win the 1990 presidential term with 60% of the votes, according to El Espectador newspaper.
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 …
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 …
Bucaramanga: from chaotic no-man’s land to Colombia’s city of …
WEBOct 16, 2019 · The ‘Royal Road’ to Guane, a beautiful trek with an insane history. According to a 1799 census, only 178 native Colombians were left in the town of 2178 people, which was reconstructed to meet the needs of the “civilized” newcomers. Bucaramanga was formally considered a town in 1810, just before the beginning of the revolution that ...
The wars for Colombia's cocaine containers | Part 4: Cartagena
WEBSep 2, 2022 · The AGC and Cartagena’s gangs. An estimated 36 gangs control Cartagena’s organized crime rackets and the drug trafficking routes to the container terminal in the south of the port city.. The AGC’s “Caribbean Heroes” front controls the north of the Bolivar province and the routes that connect inland cocaine production facilities to …
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 ...
The depressing reality of Bogota’s sex industry in numbers
WEBJul 13, 2018 · The violence in the sex industry that for 97% consists of female workers is rampant. More than 17% of sex workers have been forced into sex, more than 14% has been assaulted by clients and almost 12% said they have been assaulted by colleagues. More than 71% of the respondents said they did not go …
Colombia suspends coal exports to Israel over Gaza "genocide"
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Colombia’s trade minister signed off on a decree to ban coal exports to Israel over its alleged genocide of the Palestinian inhabitants of Gaza.. President Gustavo Petro announced the ban in June, claiming that it was a response to an order of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to prevent genocide.. According to Colombia’s Trade Ministry, Israel uses Colombian coal for, among other ...
Bogota - Colombia Reports
WEBby Colombia Reports January 20, 2023. Capital city Bogota is Colombia’s main economic engine. The capital generated more than a quarter of Colombia’s entire gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018. It’s population exceeded more than 7 million residents, according to the latest census, and that is not including re rest of the vast urban ...
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