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EFEBogotá Duque orders public forces to dismantle road blockades in Colombia A handout photo made available by the Colombian Presidency shows Colombian President Ivan Duque delivering a statement in Bogota, Colombia, 17 May 2021. EPA-EFE/Cesar Carrion/ Colombian Presidency/ HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES People gather near the Monument to the Heroes amid the ongoing National Strike protests against the Colombian government?s social and economic policies, in Bogota, Colombia, 15 May 2021. EPA-EFE/Mauricio Duenas Castaneda Tens of people participate in an artis...

The strike in Colombia continues, violence in Israel and other news of the week These were the most relevant world and politics news this week. Photo: Wikimedia- Remux LatinAmerican Post | Equipo de Redacción Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio tag. Violence in Isarel and Palestine intensifies What initially began as protests by Palestinian citizens and Israeli state violence in East Jerusalem over attempts to remove the Arab minority from their homes, has now morphed into attacks, bombings and missiles between terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip. So far there ar...

The Presidency issued the following statement explaining why it believes the measure is necessary: **** Given the accelerated increase in Covid-19 cases, the high rate of reproduction of the virus, the limited hospital capacity and the circulation of new variants of the virus, this Thursday authorities announced the new application of the sanitary vehicle restriction by plates at the end of week, starting this Saturday, April 17 and Sunday, April 18. In a month, infections and the number of hospitalized people doubled, while the number of deceased people has also increased, an upward trend th...

Colombia: UN Security Council Backs Peace (Image by pixabay) The member countries of the United Nations Security Council reiterated their support for the Comprehensive System of Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition in Colombia, during the presentation of the quarterly report of the UN Verification Mission on the implementation of the Peace Agreement. Likewise, they expressed their expectation of the decisions that the Special Jurisdiction for Peace will issue in 2021. Last Thursday, January 22, during the presentation of the quarterly repor...

URL copied to clipboard A report presented in August 2020 by Colombian senators and representatives of the opposition recounted where the Agreement was in terms of its implementation, four years after it was signed. Four months after that devastating report, statistics on violence remain staggering and, what represented a great and historic opportunity for Colombia, has witnessed an incomprehensible stagnation on some of its key points. According to the report, the country has seen an important increase in the number of slayings of social leaders, confinements and forced displacements. Li...