Bogotá, 28 oct (Prensa Latina) El representante a la Cámara por el Pacto Histórico Luis Fernando Ballesteros denunció hoy en el Congreso de Colombia el impacto de las medidas punitivas aplicadas contra Cuba por el Gobierno de Estados Unidos.
La oposición califica el acuerdo de mercantilista y cuestionan que se haya concretado sin participación de la sociedad civil colombiana, que tiene derecho a decidir sobre el uso de sus tierras.
Ciudad de Guatemala, 28 oct (Prensa Latina) Cristian Rico, del NU Colombia, buscará hoy defender el liderato de la clasificación individual que consiguiera la víspera tras entrar segundo en la etapa reina de la Vuelta Ciclística Internacional a Guatemala.
A regional coalition convened as part of a U.S. military effort to disrupt and combat drug traffickers that officials have compared to the campaign against the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.
A multinational military exercise near Panama City in August. Regional military leaders at a gathering on Tuesday reviewed a wide-ranging U.S. military plan to combat drug smugglers.
Bogotá, 27 oct (Prensa Latina) La capital de Colombia se alista hoy para la celebración del Festival Carranguero los días 7 y 8 de noviembre con presentaciones gratuitas de grupos como Los Rolling Ruanas, Los Fiesteros de Boyacá y Rumbambuquiando.
Ciudad de Guatemala, 27 oct (Prensa Latina) El pedalista local Wilson Chonay, del Team Hino, demostró hoy sus condiciones al ganar su segunda etapa, pero Cristian Rico, del NU Colombia, tomó el liderato de la 65 Vuelta Ciclística Internacional a Guatemala.
Bogotá, 27 oct (Prensa Latina) Al menos seis personas resultaron heridas hoy tras un ataque con explosivos perpetrado en Cúcuta, capital del departamento de Norte de Santander, en el noreste de Colombia, según reportan medios locales.
More than 300 U.S. troops are due to arrive in Colombia on Tuesday, October 27, to conduct military training exercises against drug trafficking, the U.S. Southern Command and Colombia’s Ministry of Defense confirmed Monday in two press releases. The joint exercise, called Southern Vanguard, will take place at the country’s largest military base in Tolemaida, in the municipality of Nilo, Cundinamarca, a few hours from Bogotá. It will run through November 11, 2026.
Bogotá, 26 oct (Prensa Latina) El Ministerio de Ambiente de Colombia revocó hoy el decreto expedido durante el anterior Gobierno, mediante el cual se emitió una protección al Bioma Amazónico al declararlo como Reserva de Recursos Naturales Renovables.
Bogotá, 26 oct (Prensa Latina) Un juez penal de control de garantía en Colombia ordenó hoy la detención de un mayor, un subintendente y dos patrulleros por su presunta responsabilidad en la muerte de un joven durante una acción policial.
Former Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been accused of trapping and exploiting 48 women for presidential parties, with officials alleging they were hired "just to be with President Petro."
Carlos Andrés Ríos, director of Colombia’s Administrative Department of the Presidency (DAPRE), claimed Petro oversaw a system that used service contracts to "systematically" control and weaponize the women, channeling public salaries in exchange for intimate relationships.
"We are going to prove to the Colombian people how the Casa de Nariño was unfortunately set up, organized, and tailored for something completely different — not to govern, but to party there every single day, bring in women," Rios said during a congressional hearing last week.
He argued that while his office provided state-funded aid programs for vulnerable women, he claimed that it is fundamentally different from giving contracts to individuals in exchange for sexual favors.
"Helping poor women, female heads of households, and those engaged in sex work so that they have different life options — as I have demonstrated in public administration through concrete and funded programs — is something very different from giving out contracts in exchange for sexual relations. No person who has participated in those public programs will ever be able to say that I have done anything of the sort," he said.
Petro also acknowledged in the statement that he had occasionally visited establishments where sex work took place when he was young, saying he regretted the experiences and had stopped visiting such places decades ago.
"When I was very young, I occasionally visited places where sex work was practiced. There, I experienced that paying for sex felt dirty to me, and I perceived the sadness of the men and women who attended those places. That is why I stopped visiting them decades ago," he said.
The accusations come amid broader criticism of Petro over alleged misuse of public funds, depletion of national budgets and drug trafficking.
Petro has dismissed the allegations as politically motivated attacks by figures such as President Donald Trump and Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella.
"After attempting to portray me as corrupt and a drug trafficker — an intention expressed by people like Abelardo de la Espriella and Donald Trump, without being able to present a single piece of evidence of corruption or drug trafficking, because I have never stolen a single peso from the public treasury and I have fought for over two decades against drug traffickers, exposing their political ties," Petro said.
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Previously, President De la Espriella formalized his country’s accession to Trump’s Shield of the Americas.
On Monday, the Colombian army announced that more than 300 U.S. soldiers will participate in joint military exercises in Colombia focused on combating drug trafficking, illegal mining and unmanned aerial systems.
The U.S. military personnel will arrive on Tuesday at the Tolemaida military base, located in the municipality of Nilo, in the department of Cundinamarca, where the fourth edition of the “Southern Vanguard 2026” training exercise will take place through Nov. 11.
During the exercises, members of the Colombian army’s No. 1 Counter-Narcotics Battalion will exchange tactics, techniques and procedures with light infantry soldiers from the U.S. Army Mountain battalion.
The training will begin on Oct. 30, with a simulated aeromedical evacuation from Tolemaida to the facilities of the Cavalry School in Bogota, using aircraft and specialized medical equipment.
“The objective will be to verify the medical care and first aid procedures used by medical personnel from both armies to assist a person who would have been injured in a mined area,” the Colombian army said.
🇺🇸🇵🇪🇦🇷🇨🇱 O Exército dos EUA concluiu no dia 18 de setembro o Exercício Southern Vanguard 2026, uma operação internacional que contou com 400 militares dos EUA, Argentina, Chile e Peru treinando em conjunto situações de combate na selva amazônica peruana. pic.twitter.com/bZcK6NALun
The text reads, “On Sept. 18, the U.S. Army concluded Exercise Southern Vanguard 2026, an international operation involving 400 military personnel from the U.S., Argentina, Chile, and Peru, who trained together in combat scenarios within the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.”
Colombian authorities explained that the exercises aim to strengthen “military cooperation and assess both forces’ ability to operate jointly, coordinate maneuvers and make decisions in operational scenarios.”
The arrival of the military personnel comes amid closer relations between Bogota and Washington since Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella, a U.S. citizen, took office on Aug. 7, with security cooperation and the fight against drug trafficking as central pillars of the bilateral agenda.
The far-right president formalized Colombia’s accession to the Shield of the Americas, an initiative promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump to strengthen regional cooperation against drug trafficking and criminal organizations.
The rapprochement was evident on Sept. 8, when U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Barranquilla and met with De la Espriella in the first high-level meeting between the two governments since the Colombian president took office.
Following the meeting, the two countries announced the so-called Barranquilla Accords, a road map that includes, among other issues, security cooperation and the fight against drug trafficking.
A Força Nacional de Segurança Pública atuará junto com a Polícia Federal na fronteira do Brasil com a Colômbia, no município de Tabatinga, no Amazonas. A permanência tem prazo de 90 dias.
De acordo com Portaria a 1.313/2026, publicada nesta segunda-feira (26) no Diário Oficial da União, os agentes farão atividades de policiamento e de preservação da ordem pública, além de garantir a segurança de pessoas e patrimônios.
A operação faz parte dos esforços de fortalecimento da segurança na Amazônia e ocorrerá em articulação com os órgãos de segurança pública do estado, dentro do Plano Amazônia: Segurança e Soberania (Plano Amas).
O contingente ainda será definido pela Diretoria da Força Nacional de Segurança Pública, vinculada à Secretaria Nacional de Segurança Pública do Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública, de acordo com o planejamento operacional da missão.
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Tabatinga é um dos principais pontos estratégicos da faixa de fronteira brasileira na Amazônia, em uma área considerada sensível para o combate a crimes transnacionais, como tráfico de drogas, contrabando e crimes ambientais.
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La battaglia culturale del presidente colombiano Abelardo de la Espriella arriva anche nei musei. Il governo ha ritirato dal Museo nazionale della Colombia a Bogotá, una delle istituzioni culturali più importanti del Paese, circa 30 opere legate alla storia dei movimenti femministi e studenteschi, alla comunità LGBTQ+ e agli Accordi di pace. Le opere sono state rimosse il 14 ottobre, poche ore dopo la visita di de la Espriella al Ministero delle Culture, delle Arti e dei Saperi: il presidente aveva dichiarato che avrebbe preso misure “contro il wokismo” nella sua “controrivoluzione culturale“. Il provvedimento è stato criticato dall’opposizione, ma anche dagli abitanti della capitale che hanno manifestato denunciando un atto di “censura“.
Come ricostruito dai media locali, le opere d’arte in questione si trovavano in tre sale del museo e comprendono almeno dieci oggetti legati alla storia dei femminismi, tra cui una copia di Nuestras Mujeres, una pubblicazione degli anni Cinquanta che sosteneva i diritti civili delle donne, e un manifesto sulle prime lotte contro la violenza di genere. Inoltre sono stati rimossi la bandiera dell’orgoglio appartenente all’attivista Elizabeth Castillo e un manifesto della campagna presidenziale di Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, il candidato del partito Unión Patriótica assassinato nel 1990. Nella sezione del museo intitolata Memoria y Nación non si può più vedere il Balígrafo, la penna ricavata da un proiettile utilizzata per siglare gli Accordi di pace firmati con le Forze Armate Rivoluzionarie (FARC). Non ci sono più i riferimenti a Carlos Pizarro, ex comandante dell’M-19 assassinato mentre era candidato alla presidenza. Manca anche una scheda elettorale della Séptima Papeleta, l’iniziativa della società civile che aveva contribuito al processo politico culminato nella convocazione dell’Assemblea costituente e nella Costituzione del 1991.
La ministra della Cultura Paola Holguín ha difeso la misura dell’esecutivo affermando che i musei pubblici “non devono servire come strumenti di indottrinamento politico né devono diffondere versioni faziose della storia“. Oltre alle critiche dell’opposizione al governo, il provvedimento ha suscitato le reazioni dei professionisti della cultura che denunciano la mancanza di trasparenza nei criteri che sarebbero stati applicati per scegliere le opere da ritirare dal museo.
Come riportato da El Pais, l’attuale configurazione del Museo nazionale della Colombia è stata ideata per rappresentare la diversità culturale ed etnica del Paese. Dopo la Costituzione del 1991, un gruppo di curatori d’arte, storici e antropologi aveva progettato e organizzato gli spazi in modo da assegnare il giusto riconoscimento alle voci afrodiscendenti, appartenenti alle comunità indigene e meticce, così come per ricordare i momenti complessi e dolorosi della storia colombiana. Rimuovere senza apparenti criteri le opere d’arte, secondo chi sta criticando questa misura, rischia di compromettere la memoria storica e la sua complessità, mutilandola. Inoltre, qualsiasi modifica alla disposizione di una sala museale implica procedure tecniche che non sono state eseguite.
A seguito delle polemiche, il 19 ottobre il giudice César Osorio Ortiz di Bogotá è intervenuto accogliendo un ricorso contro il Ministero delle Culture. In via preliminare, ha ordinato al museo di preservare le sue opere e di astenersi dal “distruggerle, spostarle fuori dalle proprie strutture, restituirle a terzi o alterarle in qualsiasi modo”. Inoltre, ha imposto al ministero di non “rimuovere, smantellare o alterare altre opere dalle mostre in base al loro contenuto senza un precedente atto amministrativo che giustifichi tali decisioni”.
Seguendo il copione di altri presidenti della regione e dell’estrema destra globale, Abelardo de la Espriella ha definito il cosiddetto wokismo come “uno dei più grandi mali che minacciano l’unità nazionale”. Ha annunciato di volere cambiare il nome del Ministero delle Culture, delle Arti e dei Saperi in Ministero della cultura e del patrimonio: per potere modificare la denominazione, voluta dall’ex presidente Gustavo Petro per riconoscere il multiculturalismo del popolo colombiano, avrebbe bisogno dell’approvazione del Parlamento. In Argentina è successo qualcosa di simile. Milei ha ribattezzato il Centro Cultural Kirchner a Buenos Aires in Palacio Libertad. La decisione era stata motivata con la volontà di sottrarre gli spazi pubblici alle appartenenze politiche e si inserisce nella battaglia di Milei contro l’eredità del kirchnerismo, la corrente peronista legata agli ex presidenti Néstor e Cristina Kirchner.
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