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13 Jan
At least 33 people, mostly children, were killed in a landslide in an indigenous community in northwestern Colombia, the country's vice president said Saturday.
17 Dec
Colombian rebels who caused an uproar by abducting the father of a national football star said Sunday they have agreed to stop kidnappings for ransom.
23 Nov
Ecuador's new president, the 35-year-old millionaire heir to a business empire, Daniel Noboa, took office Thursday as the leader of a country gripped by a bloody drug war.
29 Oct
The mother of Liverpool's Colombian winger Luis Diaz was rescued from kidnappers on Saturday but a search remains on for his father, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Saturday.
22 May 2023
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday suspended a truce with leftist guerrillas in four flashpoint regions following the killing of four Indigenous children by those rebels.
14 May 2023
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro urged a guerrilla group on Saturday to agree to a regional ceasefire aimed at ending decades of conflict after the two sides failed to ink a nation-wide deal this month.
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Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, yesterday presided over a signing ceremony in Abuja endorsing the Consolidated Guidelines for the implementation of Fiscal Incentives for the Oil & Gas Sector - a cornerstone of the Presidential Directive aimed at enhancing the oil & gas sector's global competitiveness.