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A series of protests began in Colombia on 28 April 2021 against increased taxes, corruption, and health care reform proposed by the government of President Iván Duque.The tax initiative was introduced to expand funding to Ingreso Solidario, a universal basic income social program established in April 2020 to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia, while the legislative Bill ...
As the only major Colombian city with access to the Pacific Coast, Cali is the main urban and economic center in the south of the country, and has one of Colombia's fastest-growing economies. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The city was founded on 25 July 1536 by the Spanish explorer Sebastián de Belalcázar .
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During the 1980s, he was one of the top operators in Escobar's Medellin ring, a supplier in its prime of 80% of the US cocaine market. The defunct Medellin cartel, along with the Cali cartel, was ...
Sebastián Caqueza says a new law to ban bullfighting in Colombia by mid-2027 will not dampen his passion for the sport that he has been practicing since has was a small boy. ... though Cali ...
Colombian press described the 22-year-old as the second-in-command of the "Los de la M" gang, which battles for the control of local drug trafficking. Colombian police arrest reported hitwoman ...
He was elected Mayor of Cali in October 2023 and assumed office on 1 January 2024. [2] From 2010 to 2014 he served as Senior Presidential Advisor for Reintegration. [3] [4] He is part of the fifth generation of the Eder family in Colombia as a descendant of James Martin Eder [5] as well as Henry James Eder, a former Mayor of Cali. [1]
(Reuters) - More than 50 Colombian state entities and private companies were hit by a cyber attack last week, Colombian President Gustavo Petro told journalists in New York.