Colombia sends plane for migrants after Trump clash

Agence France Presse 01/28/2025

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombia on Monday sent two military aircraft to repatriate migrants from the United States after being forced to back down in a blazing row over deportations with President Donald Trump. President Gustavo Petro on…

Colombia caves in on deportations after Trump threats

Agence France Presse 01/27/2025

WASHINGTON, United States — Colombia on Sunday caved in,  backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on US military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened painful tariffs to punish the defiance to his mass…

Trump to sanction Colombia over rejection of US deportation flights

Associated Press 01/27/2025

BOGOTA, Colombia — U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering tariffs, visa restrictions and other retaliatory measures to be taken against Colombia after its government rejected two U.S. military flights carrying migrants. Trump said…

Colombia cuts ties with Israel over ‘genocidal’ Gaza campaign

Agence France Presse 05/02/2024

President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that Colombia will sever diplomatic ties with Israel, whose leader he described as “genocidal” in its war in Gaza. “Tomorrow (Thursday) diplomatic relations with the state of Israel will be severed… for…

Shakira statue unveiled in singer’s hometown

Reuters 12/31/2023

COLOMBIA—Grammy-winning Colombian singer Shakira, one of the world’s top-selling musicians, has been immortalized in her famous belly-dancing pose in a giant bronze statue in her home city of Barranquilla. The city’s Mayor Jaime Pumarejo unveiled the 6.5…

Colombia landslide kills at least 12 – Civil Defense

07/19/2023

BOGOTA—A landslide caused by heavy rains in a mountainous region of central Colombia killed at least 12 people on Tuesday and destroyed several houses, the country’s Civil Defense agency said. The landslide took place in Quetame, a…

Shakira sets social media alight with song haranguing ex Gerard Pique

Agence France Presse 01/13/2023

BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Colombian star Shakira set social media alight on Thursday, Jan. 12, with the release of her latest song, in which she takes aim once again at ex-partner Gerard Pique, a retired Spanish footballer. The song “BZRP…

Ando has a big chance of winning medal in world w’lifting tilt says coach

Glendale G. Rosal 12/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — National weightlifting coach Ramon Solis believes that his prized ward, Elreen Ando has a big chance of grabbing a podium finish in the 2022 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogota, Colombia.…

‘Ruthless’ Duno to fight ‘Popeye’ Perez in Miami on Sept. 24

Glendale G. Rosal 09/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The hard-hitting Romero “Ruthless” Duno is not wasting time on his road to redemption after he is scheduled to fight Jonathan “Popeye” Perez of Colombia on September 24 in Manual Artime Theater in…

Catriona Gray, criticized for being abroad during typhoon, answers back: ‘I’ve been doing my part’

Niña V. Guno 11/12/2020

Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray is in Colombia to judge the country’s own Miss Universe pageant — but not everyone is thrilled to see she is traveling. Her trip to Colombia in the midst of a pandemic and…

‘Rising despite lockdown’

Tony S. Bergonia - @inquirerdotnet 07/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is one of nine countries that are seeing a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases despite having the world’s toughest lockdowns to stop coronavirus transmission, according to a groundbreaking University of Oxford…

PCG-7 to monitor possible entry points of cocaine blocks in Central Visayas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Coast Guard in Central Visayas (PCG-7) is now monitoring seas around the region following the recovery of blocks of cocaine in the eastern seaboard of Luzon and Mindanao. Commodore Ronnie Gil Gavan,…

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