Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Colombia Confronts Femicide, ‘Most Extreme Form of Violence Against Women’

TODAY COLOMBIA (Reuters) - BOGOTA, Colombia's new law on femicide is a key step to combat violence against women, but forensic experts and prosecutors...

Colombian Court Rules Against Bullfighting Ban

TODAY COLOMBIA - A Colombian court ruled Thursday against holding a referendum on bullfights in the capital city of Bogota. “The Mayor of the District...

DoubleTree by Hilton Enters Colombia with Two New Hotel in Bogotá

TODAY COLOMBIA - Hilton Worldwide  announced today the signing of two franchise license agreements to convert two Hoteles Cosmos hotels in Bogotá into DoubleTree...

Only Libertarians Can Face Down Colombia’s Taxi-Union Cartels

TODAY COLOMBIA - The latest development in the dismal anti-Uber saga in Colombia’s capital involves video footage of several taxi drivers dangerously cornering a...

Bogota toddler raped, mother won’t identify abuser

A two-year-old boy is in a Bogota intensive care unit after having been raped and physically assaulted. His mother has refused to identify the offender. The boy,...

Bogota bus driver sexually assaulted inside bus

Unknown men have sexually assaulted a female bus driver in Bogota, Police from Colombia’s capital said Friday. According to the authorities, the woman was found...

Another trash crisis in Bogota?

Inhabitants of seven districts of the country’s capital city of Bogota on Wednesday awoke to nearly 1,000 tons of waste that had not been collected...

Bogota city official kidnaps Israeli citizen

A Bogota city official and former police captain was arrested on Sunday after allegedly kidnapping an Israeli citizen for ransom. The kidnapping took place on...

7 policemen injured in Bogota soccer riots

At least seven policemen were injured and one police post was damaged in soccer riots between hooligans in Bogota on Wednesday. According to the police department...

Right to die: Colombian man ends life with government backup

Dr. Gustavo Quintana walks out of a modest, two-floor apartment building in southern Bogota. Inside his black doctor’s bag are vials containing anesthesia and...

Who wants to be mayor of Bogota?

Just under a dozen of Colombia’s top politicians will be seeking to take the second most important office in the country, that of Bogota...

Bogota is 12,000 policemen short: Mayor

Bogota has a deficit of 12,000 policemen, the mayor of Colombia’s capital city said Monday. Mayor Gustavo Petro said that the city requires a total of...

Virgins recruited as sex slaves for Colombian drug lords – reports

BOGOTA  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Colombian authorities intercepted phone calls between a young woman and a member of Colombia's most powerful drug cartel,...

Macondo Reborn at Bogota Book Fair

TODAY COLOMBIA - A map of legendary Macondo with its swamps and mountains, receives visitors at the pavilion dedicated to honor the mythical town...

Bogota cops accused of sexually harrassing shoplifting suspects

Two women detained on suspicions of shoplifting have allegedly been offered release in exchange for sexual relations by policemen, reported Caracol Radio on Monday. After being...

Bogota airport lacks personnel to adequately check for drugs: Report

Colombia’s biggest airport, El Dorado in Bogota, does not have enough anti-narcotics agents to adequately check outgoing flights for drugs, local media reported on...

Bogota to have second airport by 2021

Colombia’s government announced on Wednesday it hopes to finish the construction of the capital Bogota’s second airport in 2021. The start of construction work for...

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