Health

Colombia will apply third dose of covid-19 vaccine to population over 50 years old starting today

QCOLOMBIA - Colombian Health authorities will begin this Friday the application of the booster dose against covid-19 in the population over 50 years of age. It is a measure adopted to contain the increase in...

News

President Duque: “Colombia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030”

QCOLOMBIA - President Iván Duque, during his participation on Monday in the COP26 climate...

Climate Change

President Duke and Joe Biden meet for the first time at COP26 in Glasgow

QCOLOMBIA - On the second day of the United Nations conference on climate change...

News

Colombia captures its most wanted drug lord ‘Otoniel’

QCOLOMBIA - Colombian authorities said on Saturday they captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, the country's biggest drug trafficker. Usuga, better known by his alias "Otoniel," is...

National

Canceled euthanasia: Martha Sepúlveda was ready to die on Sunday

QCOLOMBIA - 51-year-old Martha Sepúlveda, diagnosed with ALS, had been slated to become the first person in Colombia without a terminal prognosis to die...

Politics

Venezuela and Colombia to reopen borders

QCOLOMBIA - Venezuela is to reopen its border with Colombia, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said in a state television address on Monday, October...

front page

5 years after FARC deal, peace remains elusive

QCOLOMBIA - In September 2016, the Colombian government signed a peace deal with the rebel group FARC. A look at the guerrillas who started...

Bogota

Thousands march in Bogota to demand end to protests, roadblocks

QCOLOMBIA (Reuters) Waving flags and dressed in white, thousands marched in Colombia's capital Bogota on Sunday to demand an end to protests and roadblocks,...

Health / Coronavirus

Colombia COVID-19 Statistics

5,074,079

Total confirmed cases

Updated on December 3, 2021 2:47 pm

128,643

Total deaths

Updated on December 3, 2021 2:47 pm

4,913,921

Total recovered

Updated on December 3, 2021 2:47 pm

Health

Colombia will apply third dose of covid-19 vaccine to population over 50 years old starting today

QCOLOMBIA - Colombian Health authorities will begin this Friday the application of the booster...

Coronavirus

Is it all Greek to you? Coronavirus variants get new names

Health

Colombia surpasses 80,000 COVID-19 deaths; ICU’s nearly full

Coronavirus

A Few More Ways to Convince Hesitant Friends and Family to Get Their Vax

Health

Flexible vaccination triggers Colombians travel to the United States

Dollar Exchange

US$1 = COP$3,851.22

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Reports

Electric Vehicles

Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think

Q REPORTS (BBC) I know, you probably haven't even driven one yet, let alone seriously contemplated buying one, so the prediction may sound a bit bold, but bear with me. We are in the middle...

Reports

US still offers hope to Latin Americans fleeing violence

Q REPORTS - "Work, work, work!" That's the first thing Cesar Moncado thinks about when he wakes up in the morning. "That's the most important thing for me at the moment," the 38-year-old father...

front page

Go inside a COVID-19 response at the Venezuela-Colombia border

QCOLOMBIA (IRC) Before the coronavirus pandemic, around 40,000 Venezuelans would cross the Simón Bolívar International Bridge daily to work in Colombia or purchase scarce goods. Pregnant women walked miles to seek critical prenatal care...

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