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Colombia extends national quarantine until July

Reuters
Posted at May 29 11:43 AM

BOGOTA - Colombia on Thursday extended a nationwide quarantine to contain the spread of the coronavirus until July 1, while allowing more freedom of movement in some parts of the country. Read more »

Colombia declares first case of coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 06:47 AM

Colombia declared its first case of novel coronavirus on Friday after a 19-year-old woman arriving from Italy tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said. Read more »

3 foreigners in Palawan negative for 2019-nCoV; Brazilian kid under observation

Arlie Cabrestante, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 07:02 PM

Three foreigners have tested negative for the 2019-nCoV, while their companion remains under observation after showing symptoms of the SARS-like illness. Read more »

Drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's family launches folding smartphone

David Estrada, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 24 09:20 PM

Years after his death, Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar's family is reinventing itself by going into the smartphone business.  Read more »

First woman mayor of Bogota marries girlfriend

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 02:38 PM

BOGOTA, Colombia - Claudia Lopez, the first woman elected mayor of Colombia's capital Bogota, married her girlfriend of three years on Monday.   Read more »

Study: PH deadliest nation for farmers, indigenous people over land disputes

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 11 06:38 PM

The Philippines was also ranked the deadliest nation for land rights activists last year by another human rights group, Britain-based Global Witness, which recorded 164 killings worldwide. Read more »

‘Shining brighter together’: Gazini finds new ‘amigas’ in Miss Colombia, Miss Brazil

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 06:07 PM

"If we shine together, we shine brighter." Read more »

China consortium wins Colombian capital metro contract

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 06:58 AM

China's APCA Transmimetro has won a $4 billion contract to build an elevated metro line in Bogota, Colombia's President Ivan Duque announced Thursday. Read more »

Medicinal cannabis could bring in $6 billion a year for Colombia, gov't says

Reuters
Posted at Sep 20 07:23 AM

BOGOTA - Colombia could export $6 billion a year in medicinal cannabis products, making marijuana its third-largest source of foreign exchange, the government said on Thursday, as investors called for simpler regulations for marijuana producers. Read more »

Amazon countries sign forest pact, promising to coordinate disaster response

Luis Jaime Acosta, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 10:20 AM

Seven Amazonian countries on Friday signed a pact to protect the world's largest tropical forest via disaster response coordination and satellite monitoring, amid recent fires that torched thousands of square miles of the jungle. Read more »

Peru, Colombia propose emergency Amazon summit as fires blaze

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 07:54 AM

LIMA - Peru and Colombia proposed on Tuesday an emergency Amazon summit for countries in the region in order to coordinate a strategy to protect the vast rainforest currently blighted by numerous fires. Read more »

Football: Martinez cracker helps Colombia past Argentina

Richard Martin, Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 10:47 AM

Roger Martinez scored an outstanding goal as Colombia beat Argentina 2-0 in an exciting finale to a Copa America Group B opener on Saturday that burst into life after a sluggish start. Read more »

UN envoy Jolie meets Colombian president over Venezuelan migrant kids

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 09 08:23 AM

Actress and UN special envoy for refugees Angelina Jolie met Saturday with Colombian President Ivan Duque to advocate for the estimated 20,000 children of Venezuelan migrants left with uncertain status after their parents fled their crisis-wracked home country.  Read more »

Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia denounce decision on Amazon domain

Reuters
Posted at May 27 07:18 AM

The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia criticized a recent decision by the organization that manages internet protocol to grant global retailer Amazon Inc the rights to the .amazon domain. Read more »

River or retail? Amazon nears victory vs 8 nations over domain name

Reuters
Posted at May 21 08:21 AM

Amazon Inc has been seeking rights to the domain name since 2012. But Amazon basin countries Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname have argued that it refers to their geographic region and should not be the monopoly of one company. Read more »

2 killed as Maduro sends troops to block Venezuela aid convoys

Steven Grattan, Anggy Polanco and Mayela Armas, Reuters
Posted at Feb 24 07:57 AM

At least 2 were killed and trucks loaded with foreign aid were set ablaze after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro deployed troops to turn back humanitarian assistance. Read more »

No Pinoy hurt in Bogota attack

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 09:55 AM

MANILA – No Filipino was hurt in a car bombing at a police academy in Bogota, Colombia that left 21 people dead and 68 others injured on Thursday. Read more »

US, Colombia aim to restore Venezuela's 'democratic heritage'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 07:48 AM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo followed up a trip to Brazil to meet with new far right President Jair Bolsonaro with a visit to Colombia for talks on the migrant exodus from neighboring Venezuela, and its regime led by President Nicolas Maduro. Read more »

The It destinations of 2019: off the beaten path but in the swing of things

Shy Perez Sala
Updated as of Dec 29 05:21 PM

From Samarkand in Uzbekistan to The Faroe Islands in Denmark—our travel specialist makes a fearless forecast for 2019: the It destinations include places you would have never considered visiting five years ago but are ripe to be marveled at this coming year. Read more »

Aracataca: A visit to Gabriel Garcia-Marquez's real-life 'Macondo'

Gideon Lasco
Updated as of Dec 21 10:33 PM

A writer blows through the hometown of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and finds magic in its realism. Read more »