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Colombia’s Congress agreed to increase the government’s 2027 budget despite promises by President Abelardo de la Espriella to reduce public spending.

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella announced an “open, resolute, and patriotic struggle against wokeism” as part of his “cultural counterrevolution.”

Colombia’s first lady, Ana Lucia Pineda, vowed to reveal how much money she collected and spent in response to the August 10 earthquake that affected hundreds of thousands of people.

Despite intimidation attempts by the national government and the police, tens of thousands of people took to the streets throughout Colombia to protest the far-right government of President Abelardo De la Espriella.

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Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella called labor unions and social organizations who organized anti-government protests for Wednesday “instigators of evil” who “seek to once again cause chaos.”

Colombia’s meteorological institute IDEAM officially declared the arrival of El Niño, and warned that the climate phenomenon could trigger water shortages and forest fires.

President Abelardo de la Espriella’s antiterrorist statute would criminalize political opposition, social movements, and social protest, and essentially form a dictatorial regime, said opposition leader Ivan Cepeda on Wednesday.

President Abelardo de la Espriella announced that his Miracle Fund received COP1 trillion ($309 million) for the reconstruction of western Colombia, which was hit by a 7.4M earthquake on August 10.

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The government of President Abelardo de la Espriella will present Colombia’s Congress with a comprehensive “counterterrorism statute,” which would give authorities enhanced powers to fight designated terrorist organizations.

The mayor of Sincelejo claimed Sunday that armed men intimidated him during a meeting with Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella.

The director of one of Colombia’s most powerful business associations, Bruce Mac Master of the ANDI, resigned amid tensions with President Abelardo de la Espriella.

Colombia’s government published a draft decree that seeks to tighten regulations on public protests.

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Colombia’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it had broken diplomatic ties with Iran and designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization.

Santa Marta-based organized crime group ACSN said Wednesday that the lockdown it has imposed on parts of Colombia’s Caribbean coast will be lifted on Friday morning.

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Colombia has withdrawn its participation in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Tuesday.

Santa Marta-based crime group ACSN shut down parts of the city and the surrounding region after Colombia’s armed forces killed one of their commanders.

Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP said that it would warn the United Nations and the International Criminal Court about plans of President Abelardo de la Espriella to cut its budget.

The government of President Abelardo de la Espriella pulled Colombia out of the international Equal Rights Coalition, which promotes the rights of sexual and gender minorities around the world.

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