When Colombians on Sunday elected their first leftist president ever, they also voted for their country’s first Black vice-president. Francia Marquez, a Black single mother who worked as a maid before challenging international mining interests as a fiery environmentalist, now becomes Colombia’s first Black female vice-president. Her victory marks a turning point in a country plagued by
The early vote count in Sunday’s six-way presidential election in Colombia pointed toward a runoff in June, with leftist former rebel Gustavo Petro leading in a ballot held amid growing discontent over increasing inequality and inflation. Petro, a senator and front-runner throughout the campaign, had just over 40% of votes and was trailed by populist
Colombia.- Una abuelito de 80 años fue asesinado en una zona rural en un presunto intento de robo, en Colombia. El señor de tercera edad fue atacado junto a otro trabajador, los delincuentes llegaron hasta la finca del señor Rufino Rodríguez en la vereda El Hoyo, en el Catatumbo en el municipio de Convención, Colombia.
Issued on: 14/03/2022 – 04:18 Fajardo, a mathematician, won just under 33% – or close to 590,000 votes – with 80% counted.Voters likewise cast ballots for 108 senator and 187 lower home seats.Colombias congress has actually been split among myriad celebrations in current elections, forcing presidents to build big-tent coalitions in order to pass legislation.
Hundreds of videos published on TikTok by young Colombians record drug being produced in this South American country, from the fields where coca grows to the laboratories where the leaves are transformed into the drug. Colombia is the largest worldwide producer of both coca and drug. Among these young individuals told our journalists that lots
” After the right to suffrage, this is the most important historic achievement, for the life, autonomy and complete and equal awareness of women,” Bogota mayor Claudia Lopez tweeted.Colombia is now the fifth Latin American country to legalize abortion access, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba and Guyana.In Mexico, the procedure is licensed for up to
– Una mujer denunció a través de sus redes sociales que un hombre la golpeó en el gimnasio por no desocupar una máquina de ejercicio.Los hechos ocurrieron el pasado 14 de febrero en el gimnasio ubicado en la localidad de Chapinero, en Bogotá, Colombia.La mujer denunció es awful hecho: “Hago este caso público teniendo en
– Los magistrados de la Corte Constitucional colombiana votaron este jueves sobre si sacar el delito del aborto del Código Penal y la decisión quedó empatada, por lo que un nuevo conjuez tendrá que decidir próximamente si se despenaliza o no.Cuatro magistrados (Alberto Rojas, José F. Reyes, Antonio J. Lizarazo y Diana Fajardo) votaron a
