From Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to Jair Bolsonaro: Recent attacks on prominent figures in Latin America

The partial collapse of the grandstand at a bullring in Columbia has left four dead and more than 300 injured. The popular event, during which members of the public face-off with small bulls, was being held on the feast day of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Watch | Collapse of bullring leaves four dead, hundreds injured in Colombia

Only a day is left for the all-important presidential elections to kick off in Colombia which has been marked by death threats against candidates, scandals and accusations of fraud.

Gustavo Petro vs Rodolfo Hernandez: Here’s all you need to know about Colombian presidential elections

Citing the failure of the Andean country's leader to comply with a previous ruling that demanded he protect a national park, a court in Colombia has ordered President Ivan Duque to be fined and placed under house arrest for five days.

Colombian court places President Ivan Duque under house arrest after he fails to protect national park

Gustavo Petro, a former Bogota mayor, has won the first round of the presidential votes in the Colombian election. The 62-year-old has secured 40.3 per cent votes and now has a shot at becoming Colombia's first-ever leftist president.

Colombia election: Leftist Gustavo Petro wins first round of presidential vote

Colombian drug trafficker Dairo Usuga, also known as ‘Otoniel’, has been extradited to the United States. Colombian president Ivan Duque took to Twitter to announce the extradition.

Colombian drug lord Dairo Usuga 'Otoniel' extradited to the US, President Ivan Duque announces

As the COVID-19 crisis is easing up, Delhi is gearing up for a number of high-level visits, especially from Latin America. Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez and Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard will be on an India visit in a few weeks' time.

High level visits from Colombia, Mexico to India in few weeks

Colombia, the third-largest economy in Latin America, aims to reach more than US$1 billion in bilateral trade with the UAE by 2030, President Ivan Duque has said.

Trade, direct flights on agenda of Colombian President Duque’s first official visit to UAE

The UN rights chief voiced alarm Sunday at deadly clashes in the Colombian city of Cali, calling for an independent investigation and accountability for the violence.

UN rights chief urges independent probe into deaths in Colombia

Indigenous people in Colombia on Friday knocked down a statue of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, who founded the capital Bogota, as protests against the government continued.

Indigenous Colombians topple conquistador statue in capital

Colombia's government on Thursday invited protest leaders to a dialogue in an attempt to calm tensions following more than a week of deadly demonstrations against President Ivan Duque.

Colombia calls for dialogue with protest leaders

In the bustling kitchen of one of Bogota's trendiest restaurants, a team of chefs that usually caters to the Colombian capital's well-heeled citizens is preparing meals for a community of people cut off from work and housing during the Andean country's coronavirus quarantine.

For Colombia's quarantined poor, lunch is served - by trendy restaurants

Colombian unions, student groups and other protesters converged outside the country's Congress on Monday (December 16) against rumoured economic reform plans that critics argue give businesses too many tax breaks.

National strike converges on Colombia's Congress amidst outrage over tax reform

Protest leaders in Colombia on Thursday urged President Ivan Duque to include them in negotiations aimed at ending demonstrations that have rocked his right-wing government.

Colombia protest leaders push President Ivan Duque on dialogue

Colombian unions and student groups will hold their second national strike in less than a week on Wednesday in honour of a dead demonstrator and protest rumoured government economic plans, corruption and police violence.

Colombia holds another national strike as week of protests rolls on

Under-fire Colombian President Ivan Duque will meet with protest leaders on Tuesday, a minister announced, after five consecutive days of anti-government protests.

Colombia: President Ivan Duque to meet protest leaders

Thousands of protestors defy curfew as anti-government rallies continue in Colombia

Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Thursday amid a general strike to protest the policies of President Ivan Duque's right-wing government.

Thousands in Colombia protest against policies of President Ivan Duque

A former senior commander of the dissolved FARC rebel army in Colombia announced Thursday he is taking up arms again along with other guerrillas who have distanced themselves from a historic peace accord signed with the government.

Former Colombian rebel leader announces return to arms

Venezuela's government on Saturday deported 59 Colombian citizens who had been "arbitrarily" detained there almost three years ago, the United Nations human rights office said, applauding it as a "positive sign.

Venezuela deports 59 Colombians arrested 'arbitrarily' three years ago: United Nation

The US government announced Monday it will provide $160 million in funding to Colombia to help implement the historic peace accord signed between the state and now-disarmed FARC rebels.

US announces $160 million 'peace' funding payment to Colombia

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in the city of Cucuta, Colombia on Sunday where he met with Colombian President Ivan Duque as part of a tour to shore up regional support for President Donald Trump's hard line stance against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Mike Pompeo visits Venezuelan border with Colombian President Duque

Fourteen people were killed in a plane crash in the Colombian plains province of Meta on Saturday, the country’s civil aviation agency said. The Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics said there were no survivors of the crash, which occurred after the DC-3 aircraft made a distress call at 10:40 am local time.

Fourteen dead in Colombia plane crash

President Donald Trump on Wednesday was mum on whether the United States would deploy 5,000 troops to Colombia to exert more pressure on Venezuela's leftist government but said he had many options for securing regime change.

I have plan B, plan C and plan D on Venezuela, says Trump

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