A herd of condors skins a calf at 4,200 meters of altitude on a summit of Colombia. The dead animal was left there by peasants seeking to reconcile with their former enemy: the King of the Andes. “It is a bird that when you see it fly, you feel so beautiful”Diana Bautista, a resident of […]
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Andean Community approves rule to advance in the Regional Andean Electricity Market
The Andean Community Commission (CAN) approved a community standard to launch the short-term Regional Andean Electricity Market, a project started in 2017 to achieve electrical interconnection between Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and BoliviaThis South American bloc reported this Monday. The Andean Community Commission met within the framework of the 128th period of ordinary sessions, convened by […]
More than 500,000 migrants have crossed the Darién jungle in 2023, a historical record
More than 500,000 migrants have crossed the dangerous Darien jungle on their way to North America so far in 2023, a historical record of individuals who crossed this natural border between Panama and Colombiamost of them Venezuelans, official sources informed EFE this Wednesday. Of the 501,297 migrants who have crossed what is known as the […]
The pain endures in victims of Pablo Escobar 30 years after his death
“They killed Pablo Escobar!“, his classmates at school shouted at Gonzalo Rojas Peña when they heard the news. “Aren’t you happy?“, they immediately added when they saw him stunned and sitting on the ground. The most wanted drug trafficker in the world and the person responsible for the death of his father had been killed […]
COP28: Colombia proposes debt exchange for climate action
Colombia will insist on the debt swap for climate action and nature at the next summit United Nations about him climate change (COP28) to be held in Dubai, attended by a delegation led by the president Gustavo Petro. This was reported this Monday by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development when establishing the position […]
Five generations later, the oldest restaurant in Bogotá hangs a “for sale” sign
With 121 years of history, “The daisies”, one of the restaurants oldest of Colombiais looking for a buyer who will continue the family legacy and the traditional recipe that has led this small establishment to serve the best empanadas in Bogota. The Ángel Arenas family opened the establishment in 1902, after moving to the still […]
Court annuls Colombia’s royalty tax measure for US$780 million
The Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia voided a major source of revenue in the president’s 2022 tax bill Gustavo Petrowhich leaves the Government with a gap in its finances. Tax reform passed by Congress last year prevented oil and coal producers from deducting royalty payments from their corporate tax liability. The court said in […]
Colombia creates a fund that will have US$ 981 million to protect the environment
Colombia created a fund for the protection of ecosystems and the transformation of the environment that will manage resources for about 4 billion pesos (US$ 981 million) by 2026, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development announced on Thursday. The so-called Fund for Life and Biodiversity will seek to strengthen and finance projects and programs […]
Colombia received more than 4 million visitors between January and September
Colombia It received nearly 4.2 million non-resident visitors between last January and September, an increase of 29.3% compared to the first nine months of 2022 when 3.2 million people entered the country, the Ministry of Commerce reported this Tuesday. Industry and Tourism (MinCIT). “We receive as a very positive sign that, since September of this […]
Colombia seeks to enter the APEC forum to expand its commercial horizons
Colombia will attend the summit this week Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum), which will be held in San Francisco (USA), with the aspiration of being a full member of that mechanism to which it has sought access for almost 30 years to expand its commercial horizons. “I believe that President Gustavo Petro is in tune […]