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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government and nearly 30 conservative world leaders on Saturday condemned the decision of Venezuela’s highest court to block the presidential candidacy of opposition leader María Corina Machado. “The United States is currently reviewing our Venezuela sanctions policy, based on this development and the recent political targeting of democratic opposition candidates and civil society,” U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement. Machado insisted throughout the campaign that she never received official notification of the ban and said voters, not ruling-party loyalists, were the rightful decision-makers of her candidacy. The ruling came more than three months after Maduro and the U.S.-backed opposition reached a deal to work on basic conditions for a fair election. The deal led Washington to ease some economic sanctions on Venezuela's oil, gas and mining sectors.

Persons: María Corina Machado, Biden, Nicolás Maduro, Matthew Miller, Machado, Miller, Justice “, Maduro, ” Gerardo Blyde, Emmanuel Macron, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, Gustavo Petro —, Blyde, Maduro’s, Hector Rodríguez, ” Rodríguez, Machado “, Iván Duque, Mauricio Macri, Vicente Fox, Felipe Calderón, ” Organizations: Saturday, U.S . State Department, U.S, Justice, Democratic Initiative of Spain Locations: CARACAS, Venezuela, U.S, United States, Washington, Barbados, France, Brazil, Colombia, Americas, Venezuelan, Spain, Latin America, Iván Duque of Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela's

[1/3] Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 25, 2023. The upgrade of relations with Colombia means China now has strategic ties with 10 out of the 11 South American countries with which it has relations. Paraguay is the last South American nation that has ties with Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory. In 2022, shipments from Colombia to China totalled $7 billion, up almost 20% from five years earlier. Among the 11 South American countries that have diplomatic ties with Beijing, Colombia has the largest trade deficit with China despite increased Chinese imports.

Persons: Xi Jinping, Gustavo Petro, Ken Ishii, Xi, Petro, Ivan Duque, Liz Lee, Ryan Woo, Ellen Zhang, Bernadette Baum, Robert Birsel, Nick Macfie Organizations: of, People, REUTERS Acquire, Initiative, South American, Tuesday, China Harbour Engineering Company, Bogota Metro, Xian Metro Company, Bombardier Inc, Columbia, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, Zijin Mining, Canada's Continental, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, Colombia, Latin America Colombia, Xi's, Initiative BEIJING, U.S, America, Guyana, South America, Central America, Caribbean, United States, Taiwan, Paraguay, American, Latin America, Bogota, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Suriname

☆ Opinion: Young Colombians had high hopes for their first leftist president. It didn’t last
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Opinion Kristina Foltz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Before Petro, Colombia had been governed for decades by liberal and conservative parties forming part of the broader Colombian political right. A demonstrator holds a tainted image of Colombian President Gustavo Petro (left) during an anti-government protest in the capital on August 16. Luisa Gonzalez/ReutersBut what about young Colombians, who, like me, are worried about the direction Petro is taking the country? Ivan says he was drawn to Petro because, “he always had a message about generating free quality education for young people. His successor, President Nicolas Maduro, continued Chavismo policies that have destroyed the Venezuelan economy.

Persons: Kristina Foltz, Read, — Gustavo Petro —, I’m, — Nicolas Petro —, Nicolas ’, Petro, Gustavo Petro, Luisa Gonzalez, Ivan Oros, “, ”, Ivan, —, Ivan’s, Juan Manuel Santos, Ivan Duque’s ‘, he’s, Nicolas —, Ariel Ricardo Armel, Juan Valdez, ” Ariel, Hugo Chavez, Nicolas Maduro, Ariel, Armando Duarte Galan, governability, it’s Organizations: Rotary Ambassador, CNN, Petro, Reuters, La Primavera, Revolutionary Armed Forces, Colombian, University of Pamplona, Social Communications, Colombian Organization, Students, El, SISBEN, WHO, US, Twitter, Facebook, Plaza Bolivar Locations: Bogotá, Colombian, Latin America, Colombia, Venezuela, Venezuelan

☆ Recent attacks on prominent figures in Latin America
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Here are some other attacks on high-profile politicians from Latin America in recent years. JAIR BOLSONARO, BRAZILDuring his first campaign trail in September 2018, far-right former Brazilian President Bolsonaro was stabbed. REUTERS/Karen ToroJOVENEL MOISE, HAITIHaitian President Moise was shot dead in July 2021 and his wife, Martine Moise, was seriously wounded when heavily armed assassins stormed the couple's home. FRANCIA MARQUEZ, COLOMBIAColombia's now Vice President Marquez had a narrow escape in May 2019 before she ran for office, when attackers launched a grenade and shot at her and other environmental activists. NICOLAS MADURO, VENEZUELAVenezuelan President Maduro accused political foes of trying to kill him during an open-air speech in August 2018 by using explosive-laden drones in capital city Caracas.

Persons: Fernando Villavicencio, CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, JAIR, Bolsonaro, Karen Toro JOVENEL MOISE, Moise, Martine Moise, IVAN DUQUE, FRANCIA, COLOMBIA Colombia's, Marquez, NICOLAS MADURO, Maduro, Steven Grattan Organizations: REUTERS, VENEZUELA Venezuelan, Thomson Locations: Ecuador, Quito, Latin America, ARGENTINA, JAIR BOLSONARO, BRAZIL, HAITI, COLOMBIA, Colombia, Venezuela, FRANCIA MARQUEZ, VENEZUELA, Caracas, Lincoln

☆ Marijuana farmers in Colombia push government to find a place for them
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Stefano Pozzebon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Cajibio CNN —On a recent Friday morning, about 200 coca and marijuana farmers gathered in the small town of Cajibio, southwestern Colombia, to hear the government out. More than 200,000 farmers of drug crops live in criminality in Colombia because their harvest is illegal, according to COCCAM, a workers’ union representing farmers involved in cocaine and marijuana production. Meeting between Colombia's government and drug farmers in Cajibio. Opponents of legal marijuana, like rightwing opposition leader German Vargas Lleras, say legal weed would only push more people into drug consumption, and celebrated the collapse of the latest regulation effort. “This is not about me or you getting high, it’s about the farmers and the producers,” Miranda told CNN.

Persons: Gloria Miranda, Yulier Lopez, Lopez, Ivan Duque, Cajibio, “, Stefano Pozzebon, Gustavo Petro, Petro, Juan Carlos Losada, ” Losada, Losada, German Vargas Lleras, ”, ” Lopez, Luis Cunda, Cunda, Colombia Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Cunda, Miranda, ’ Chris Alexander, ” Miranda, Nestor Osuna Organizations: CNN, Justice Ministry, Colombian, Liberal, ’, Human Rights Watch, New, Losada Locations: Cajibio, Colombia, UNODC, Colombian, CNN Colombian, Colombia’s Cauca, COCCAM, Cauca, ‘, Miranda, Caloto, United States, Uruguay, Latin America, Denver, Colorado, New York State, Bogota

☆ Colombia and ELN guerrillas agree to six-month ceasefire
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Stefano Pozzebon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Bogota, Colombia CNN —The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) – one of the oldest and largest guerrilla groups still operating in the country – have agreed to implement a bilateral, six-month ceasefire starting on August 3. Cuba, Mexico, Norway, and Venezuela have acted as “guarantors” for the peace talks, as well as the United Nations and the Colombian Catholic church. The third round of peace negotiations between the Colombia's and the ELN in Havana on May 2, 2023. The ELN is still present in large swathes of the Colombian countryside and operates a military force of several thousand men according to military analysts and the Colombian military forces. Last week, Petro’s chief of staff Laura Sarabia and the Colombian ambassador to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, both resigned amid mutual accusations of wiretapping.

Persons: Gustavo Petro, Miguel Diaz, guerre ‘ Antonio García, ”, Yamil Lage, ‘ Pablo Beltrán, ’, Ivan Duque, Petro, Laura Sarabia, Armando Benedetti Organizations: Colombia CNN, Colombian, National Liberation Army, Cuban, United Nations, Colombian Catholic, Getty, Revolutionary Armed Forces, FARC, European Union Locations: Bogota, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Havana, Norway, AFP, Colombian, United States

[1/2] Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva meets with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (not pictured) before a summit with presidents of South America to discuss the re-launching of the regional cooperation bloc UNASUR, in Brasilia, Brazil, May 29, 2023. "We won't decide anything at tomorrow's meeting, it is just about discussing possibilities," Lula told a news conference on Monday with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on his first visit to Brazil in eight years. Lula said the leaders did not have to recreate a new Unasur but could come up with a different sort of organization. Maduro is hoping the South American countries will unite in calling on the United States to lift its sanctions against Venezuela, which he and Lula assailed at their news conference. "The aim of this initiative is to unite all the countries of the region once again," she told reporters on Friday.

BOGOTA, May 16 (Reuters) - Deforestation in Colombia during 2022 is forecast to have fallen by up to 10% versus the previous year, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Tuesday, citing significant decreases in the country's Amazon. Deforestation in Colombia in 2021 rose 1.5% versus the previous year to 1,741 square kilometers (430,218 acres), representing an area twice the size of New York City. A 10% decrease in deforestation would take the total area of forest destroyed during 2022 in Colombia to below the 1,589 square kilometers registered in 2019, the first full year of the administration of former President Ivan Duque. Between 2001 and 2021, more than 31,000 square kilometers of forest were destroyed in Colombia, of which some 18,600 square kilometers were deforested in the country's Amazon. Colombia's government will publish full deforestation figures for 2022 in June, Muhamad said.

☆ Colombia wants Biden admin. to grant temporary legal status to its citizens in U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia wants the Biden administration to grant temporary legal status to its citizens now living in the United States, noting its own efforts to address regional migration by hosting 2 million Venezuelans who fled their homes. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, he asks President Joe Biden to grant Colombians already in the U.S. a form of temporary status called Deferred Enforced Departure. It is unclear how many Colombians are living in the United States without legal status. Murillo Urritia said there are nearly 2 million Colombians living in the United States, without elaborating on their immigration status. The Biden administration has extended temporary status for some countries and added Afghanistan, Ukraine, Myanmar, Cameroon and Venezuela, reversing a Trump-era trend to cut back on protections for those already in the United States.

The GOP, especially in South Florida, is trying to portray Democrats as "socialists" and soft on foreign policy, with Taddeo touting her hard-line stance against leftist governments. Salazar and Taddeo have similar hard-line foreign positions against the governments of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua. Taddeo, according to a spokesperson, feels current foreign policy toward Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua cannot change until there are democratic transitions in those countries. There are about 275,000 Colombian eligible voters in Florida and a significant number live in the district. The two candidates recently left many puzzled when they tweeted that former Colombian President Iván Duque seemingly supports both of them.

☆ Elicopterul președintelui columbian lovit de gloanțe în timp ce zbura aproape de granița cu Venezuela
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-26 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Elicopterul în care se afla președintele Columbiei Iván Duque a fost ținta unui atac armat, transmite Reuters. Incidentul s-a produs în momentul în care elicopterul s-a apropiat de granița cu Venezuela. Președintele zbura către Cúcuta în nordul provinciei Santander, iar la bordul elicopterului se mai aflau ministrul apărării și guvernatorul provinciei. Un purtător de cuvânt al președinției a precizat că nimeni nu a fost rănit, după ce s-a deschis focul asupra elicopterului prezidențial. Președintele Iván Duque a denunțat atacul și a menționat că nu este intimidat de „violență sau acte de terorism”.

Persons: Columbiei Iván Duque, Președintele Iván Duque, Venezuela . Organizations: Reuters, BBC, Armata Națională, Eliberare Locations: Columbiei, Venezuela, Santander, Catatumbo, graniția, Columbia, SUA, UE

☆ ONU: Pandemia de COVID-19 a crescut consumul de droguri
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Agerpres.roONU: Pandemia de COVID-19 a crescut consumul de droguriPandemia de COVID-19 a crescut consumul de droguri, încurajând în acelaşi timp cultura ilegală de opiu, repercusiuni care s-ar putea face simţite „ani de zile", a avertizat joi ONU, informează AFP. „Pieţele de droguri şi-au reluat rapid activităţile după perturbările iniţiale de la începutul pandemiei", scrie Oficiul ONU pentru combaterea traficului de droguri şi prevenirea criminalităţii (UNODC) în raportul său anual publicat la Viena. În acelaşi timp, pandemia de coronavirus a accentuat "inegalităţile, sărăcia şi problemele de sănătate mentală la nivel global, toţi factori cunoscuţi pentru alimentarea consumului de droguri", subliniază documentul, scrie digi24.ro. Utilizarea non-medicală de produse farmaceutice a crescut de asemenea, în timp ce interzicerea vieţii nocturne a scăzut recursul la cocaină. Pandemia a avut, de asemenea, un impact asupra circuitelor de distribuire, devenite mai "inovative": "traficul pe stradă" cedează locul unor "metode fără contact, precum achiziţionarea pe internet şi livrările prin poştă sau chiar cu drona".

Persons: Pandemia, drona, Ivan Duque Organizations: ONU Locations: Viena, Columbiei, Europa

☆ Proteste masive în Columbia împotriva măsurilor luate de Guvernul lui Iván Duque. Bilanţul: Cel puţin 19 morţi şi sute de răniţi în şapte zile
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Peste 19 protestari au decedat şi alte câteva sute au fost grav rănite, în urma protestelor ce au avut loc în ultimele zile în Columbia. Protestele au început acum mai bine de o săptămână în Bogota pentru a se opune reformei fiscale, propuse de către Guvernul lui Iván Duque. Cea mai afectată zonă a fost regiunea Cali, acolo unde s-au înregistrat şi cele mai multe decese. Uniunea Europeanu, ONU, dar şi diferite organizaţii non-guvernamentale au reacţionat în ceea ce priveşte criza columbiană şi au criticat aspru modul în care poliţia s-a comportat cu protestatarii. Născută în orașul Barranquilla din departamentul Atlántico, cântăreața columbiană a reacționat după tragediile din țara sa natală.

Persons: Daniel Palacios, Iván Duque, Preşedintele Duque, Shakira, . Ea Organizations: Columbia, ONU Locations: Columbia, violenţe, Bogota, columbiană, Cali, Tolima, Perire, Soacha, Cundinamarca, Columbiei, justiţie, Bruxelles, America, America Latină, Barranquilla, Atlántico

☆ Zeci de răniţi în proteste împotriva reformelor fiscale, în Columbia
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Zeci de oameni au fost răniţi în Columbia în cursul unor ample proteste împotriva reformei fiscale care au dus la ciocniri cu forţele de ordine, în mai multe oraşe din ţară, relatează agerpres. Cel puţin 42 de poliţişti au fost răniţi în violenţe, a afirmat ministrul columbian de interne Daniel Palacios. În capitala Bogota şi la Cali, autoturisme şi autobuze au fost atacate, iar mai multe staţii de autobuz au fost vandalizate. Potrivit ziarului El Tiempo, 50.000 de columbieni au ieşit în stradă în diferite oraşe din statul sud-american. Peste 2.800.000 de infectări şi 72.000 decese au fost raportate în total până acum în statul sud-american cu 50 de milioane de locuitori.

Persons: Daniel Palacios, Preşedintele Ivan Duque Organizations: agerpres Locations: Columbia, ţară, violenţe, Bogota, Cali, american, justiţie, Miercuri

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