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Colombia’s first leftist president declares ‘the war on drugs has failed’

Colombia’s first leftist president declared “the war on drugs has failed” as he was sworn into office on Sunday. Gustavo Petro, a former member of Colombia’s M-19 guerrilla group, promised to fight inequality and bring peace to a country ...

08 Aug 2022 at 08:39

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Colombians to vote for president amid widespread discontent

Colombians emerging from the coronavirus pandemic are voting for their next president, choosing from six candidates who all promise various degrees of change amid rising inequality, inflation, violence and a discontent with the status ...

29 May 2022 at 08:43

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Former rebel leads in Colombia election with runoff likely

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 ...

30 May 2022 at 00:17

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Former president Poroshenko to return to Ukraine to face charges

Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko says he is returning to Ukraine to fight treason charges even though he views them as politically motivated, because he believes that fighting them is part of his defence of national ...

16 Jan 2022 at 20:55

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Former president Poroshenko returns to Ukraine to appear in court

Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has returned to face court on treason charges he believes are politically motivated. After arriving at the Kyiv airport from Warsaw on Monday morning, Poroshenko was greeted by ...

17 Jan 2022 at 11:36

Ukrainian people back at work but ‘not naive about seriousness of situation’

Ukrainians have gone back to work, but are “not naive to the fact of how serious the situation is”, according to a British man living in the nation. Stuart McKenzie, who is originally from Scotland but moved to Ukraine ...

16 Feb 2022 at 13:56

Ukrainian people back at work but ‘not naive to seriousness of the situation’

Ukrainians have gone back to work, but are “not naive to the fact of how serious the situation is”, according to a British man living in the nation. Stuart McKenzie, who is from Scotland originally but moved to ...

16 Feb 2022 at 11:55

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Colombia removes police chief who said exorcisms were used to catch fugitives

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has removed the national police director who had talked about using exorcisms to catch fugitives. Neither Mr Petro nor the Defence Ministry elaborated on reasons for the ...

12 Apr 2023 at 22:01

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Colombian leader warns UN humanity is making itself extinct

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro delivered an ominous prophecy on Tuesday, painting a grim picture of what lies ahead if nations fail to swiftly redesign the way humans live. “It has been a year in ...

19 Sept 2023 at 19:14

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Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet Hungarian PM

Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko was denied permission to leave Ukraine for a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service has said. Mr ...

02 Dec 2023 at 18:43

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At least four dead after stands collapse at bullfight in Colombia

At least four people were dead and hundreds injured after wooden stands partially collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia. The disaster took place in a stadium in the city of El ...

27 Jun 2022 at 06:17

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Search for four children in Amazon jungle after plane crash

Four Indigenous children who were on a small plane that crashed in the Amazon jungle in Colombia on May 1 have not been found, while the three adults on board died. The crash happened ...

20 May 2023 at 02:16

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