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Petro calls on Colombians to take to the streets following Trump threats

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has condemned Donald Trump’s threat of military action against him, calling on citizens to take to the streets and saying he would take up arms to defend his country if needed.

Speaking to reporters Monday night, Trump suggested Petro’s days are numbered and indicated approval for an operation in Colombia like the one that ousted Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro on Saturday.

While analysts cast doubt on the likelihood of Trump following through with the thr...
Al Jazeera •

US officially labels Colombia’s EGC group a ‘terrorist organization’

Analysts warn US ‘terrorist’ designation of the EGC could escalate violence and hinder peace negotiations in Colombia.Bogota, Colombia – The United States Department of State has designated Colombia’s largest criminal group, the Gaitanist Army of Colombia (EGC), a “terrorist organisation”.The EGC, also referred to as the Clan del Golfo, has a presence across Colombia and is known for its involvement in drug trafficking, illegal mining, and extortion.“Today, the Department of State is designating...
Al Jazeera •

Colombian court ruling sentences 12 ex-military officers

A special Colombian court sentenced 12 former military officers to between five and eight years of reparation work for their involvement in 135 “false positive” deaths – killing civilians and then falsely reporting them as rebel fighters – between the years 2002 and 2005.Thursday’s landmark ruling is the first time the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), Colombia’s transitional justice body, issued individual sentences against government security forces for crimes committed in the decades-long...
The Straits Times •

Small businesses struggle as China’s Temu spurs more Latin Americans to shop online

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxThe total value of e-commerce sales in Latin America amounted to $815 billion in 2024.BOGOTA, Colombia – Since formally launching in Colombia in May 2024, Chinese e-commerce platform Temu has taken the country by storm, usurping Amazon to become the second-most popular shopping site after Argentine giant Mercado Libre. But the Chinese firm’s success does not lie just in outcompeting rival e-commerce sites.

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Latin Times •

Alvaro Uribe Becomes First Former Colombian President To Be Criminally Convicted

Álvaro Uribe, Colombian president between 2002 and 2010, was found guilty of bribing witnesses and abuse of process by a Bogotá court on Monday, making him the country's first former president to be criminally convicted.Judge Sandra Heredia Aranda said it was "proven" that Uribe and his legal team tried to flip witnesses who were due to testify to his involvement with right-wing paramilitary organizations in a separate criminal investigation that ended in 2018.The case has polarized Colombia, wh...
Al Jazeera •

‘Never touched a gun’: Colombia fighters step up child soldier recruitment

As Colombia’s conflicts continue to escalate, criminal organisations increasingly rely on underage soldiers to bolster their ranks.The last time Marta saw her 14-year-old son was three months ago – he was wearing rebel army fatigues and holding a rifle as he marched down the street with the other child soldiers.She ran to the commanding officer and begged him to release her boy, who had been abducted nine months earlier in the middle of the night from their home in eastern Colombia at age 13. Th...
Latin Times •

From Mexico To Colombia: How U.S.-Made Guns Are Fueling Crime Across Latin America

The June 7 assassination attempt on Colombian Senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay sent shockwaves through the South American country. Soon after, disturbing details began to emerge, from the age of the teenage shooter to alleged prior requests to bolster the politician's protection unit.Another detail was one that didn't come as a surprise for many Latin American observers: the gun that left Uribe fighting for his life was purchased legally in the United States.The pistol, a 9mm...
Miami Herald •

Fears of violence revived after Colombian senator shot in head at campaign rally

Miguel Uribe Turbay, a Colombian senator and presidential hopeful, is in critical condition after being shot in the head at a campaign event in Bogotá on Saturday.

Analysts describe the attack as the latest sign of Colombia’s deteriorating security situation and deepening political polarization, warning of a return to the dark era of political violence in the 1980s and 90s.

Uribe, the grandson of President Julio Cesar Turbay, spent his life fighting against political violence after his mother,...
NPR •

Colombian Presidential hopeful shot at Bogotá rally

BOGOTA, Colombia —Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot in the head at a Bogotá campaign event Saturday, in an attack that sent shockwaves through the country. The politician's condition remains unclear after being shot by a 15-year-old sicario, or paid hitman, while delivering a speech to a small group of supporters in a park in the west of the capital. Videos posted on social media show the politician bleeding beside a car before being rushed to a nea...
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