Colombia’s President Ivan Duque said Thursday he opposes shutting down Bogota for a second time despite the collapse of the capital’s healthcare system. The shutdown was proposed by the country’s…
Healthcare in Colombia’s capital Bogota collapsed on Wednesday, according to medical organizations, as the country’s third largest city, Cali, issued a red alert over the COVID-19 pandemic. “It happened. The…
Colombia’s main medical organizations urged to immediately implement a temporary basic income in Bogota to prevent mass deaths as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. In an open letter, the…
Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez called on residents of Colombia’s capital for solidarity on Sunday to “overcome what we’ll go through” ahead of the projected peak of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite…
The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota said she wouldn’t call a second lockdown, claiming the health ministry would provide more intensive care units (ICU’s) to treat COVID-19 patients. Following a…
Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez on Monday insisted on a second lockdown in Colombia’s capital, effectively ending the economic reactivation promoted by President Ivan Duque. The city’s health authorities will raise…
President Ivan Duque and Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez are on a crash course over a possible second lockdown to prevent a collapse of the healthcare system due to COVID-19 infections…
The coronavirus is coming eerily close to collapsing the healthcare system in Colombia’s capital Bogota, which saw its intensive care unit availability drop from 50% to 30% in just 10…
Top officials of Colombia’s security forces are suspected of arms trafficking for organized crime groups, weekly Semana reported on Thursday. A network within the 4th Brigade in Medellin, the Arms…