The Colombian Congress took a stab at the bullfights by approving on Tuesday its ban throughout the country, which would become effective within three years if it obtains the signature of the president, Gustavo Petro, as the last step to become law. Colombia has been one of the five Latin American countries to allow bullfighting […]
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38.4% of indigenous languages in Latin America are in danger of disappearing
38.4% of the 556 indigenous languages of Latin America and the Caribbean is in danger of disappearing, which is why it is necessary to create a “laboratory for vitality” in order to preserve them, indicates a document from the Ibero-American General Secretariat (Segib), presented in Colombia. The ‘Latin American Atlas of indigenous languages in danger […]
Ricardo León, the businessman who won a complaint against Adidas in Peru for S/740,000 and had one of his brands withdrawn
Adidas, one of the most popular sports brands in the world, lost a lawsuit in Peru brought by Colombian businessman Ricardo León Marquéz Gómez. The National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (Indecopi) required him to withdraw one of his product lines, ‘Nemeziz’, and pay a remuneration of more than […]
Colombian coffee growers transform to expand into markets in the US and China
The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC) began a transformation of its operating and business model that includes greater penetration in the United States and China markets through its different brands, including Juan Valdéz, the manager announced this Tuesday. company general, Germán Bahamón. “The Federation has once again played a more predominant role […]
The US sanctions Colombian businessmen for facilitating maritime transportation of migrants
The United States Government announced this Monday that it canceled the visas of several Colombian businessmen for facilitating the maritime transportation of migrants who seek to get from “irregular way” towards the North American country. Washington He did not detail the names or the number of people affected by this new measure, but he specified […]
Bogotá welcomes businessmen and multilateral banks to boost the popular economy
More than 800 national and foreign companies, at least 40 leaders of chambers of commerce, as well as representatives of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean -CAF- and the UN, will meet in Bogota at the first Americas Summit of the World Chamber Federation 2024 (WCF). The […]
Migrant women, victims of attacks with their children in tow in the Darién
The migration It stopped being a man thing a long time ago. Women alone, with children or with their partners, leave their homes behind having to go through a “hell” like the jungle Darien, where they are victims of rape or robbery while carrying their children: “Come on, it won’t be long.” At the Bajo […]
In Bogotá, the poor Ciudad Bolívar opens its doors to tourists
Every Sunday in Ciudad Bolívar, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Bogota, an unusual image is seen: groups of touristsinstead of the usual workers, they get on the TransMiCable, a Cableway that runs through this commune in the south of the Colombian capital. After a ten-minute tour through neighborhoods that cling dangerously to the mountain […]
Colombia joins Venezuela and Bolivia in breaking with Israel, the opposite case to Argentina
Colombia has joined Bolivia and Venezuela in the group of Latin American countries that have decided to break diplomatic relations with Israel, thus marking a turning point in political and commercial relations in the region, where Javier Milei’s Argentina represents the extreme opposite. This resolution – announced on Wednesday by Colombian President Gustavo Petro – […]
Andean women ask for a “new rurality” without gender violence
Leaders of rural communities Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia demand their respective States to take concrete actions to combat gender violence in rural environments, and adopt a “new rurality”, It was reported this Tuesday. The request was made after a meeting of women leaders held in Quito between April 24 and 26, within the framework of […]