THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. NEWS | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS The death rate, however, marked a grim milestone in May, with 15,054 additional victims, and worst month on record since the start of the pandemic last March. Last week (May 24 to 30), when anti-government protests besieged cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed 3,558 deaths, and third nation in the world with the highest number of

victims

CORONAVIRUS SPIKES IN BOGOTÁ TWO WEEKS AFTER START OF MASS Coronavirus spikes in Bogotá two weeks after start of mass protests. After more than two weeks in which Colombia faced civil unrest and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest against President Iván Duque, and the national government’s economic measures to levy taxes to mitigate the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY Colombian Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez assured Tuesday that the government has asked the Biden administration to lend vaccines to accelerate the immunization process and economic recovery of the country, hit in recent weeks by anti-government protests, illegal road

blockades and

COLOMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT BY PRIVATE Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Health has authorized the purchase and import of coronavirus vaccines by the private health sector to be administered free of charge to all patients as part of the government’s National Vaccination Plan. The purchase of vaccines

must be made

THE LOST CORVAIR OF THE DARIEN The Darien Gap with its two coastlines, the Pacific and the Caribbean was a dreaded passage for anyone attempting to cross from the North to the beaches and floodplains of Colombia. After Colombia sold Panama to the United States in 1903 to formalize the building of the Panama Canal, the Darien remained isolated from the growing inter-oceanic COLOMBIA TIGHTENS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AMIDST SURGE INAUTHOR: RICHARD

EMBLIN

Colombia tightens COVID-19 restrictions amidst surge in new cases. Every Colombian city must adopt tougher coronavirus restrictions as of April 5 to help mitigate the surge in new infections in the days and weeks following the Easter holidays. The new restrictions were presented by the Ministries of Health and Interior and confirmed

Sunday

COLOMBIA ON COURSE FOR WORLD'S LONGEST LOCKDOWN AFTER Colombia on course for world’s longest lockdown after extension to July 1. Colombia is on course for having one of the longest lockdowns of any nation impacted by coronavirus after President Iván Duque decreed a fifth extension of Obligatory Preventive Isolation to July 1. The issue of Decree 749 came hours after he addressed the nation COLOMBIA VARIANT OF COVID-19 CONFIRMED AHEAD OF VACCINE Colombia variant of COVID-19 confirmed ahead of vaccine program. The Colombian government has rolled out the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program with the head of the health portfolio, Minister Fernando Ruíz, outlining the schedule and guidelines for inoculating 36 million citizens, foreigners, and 1.7 million Venezuelans living in

the country.

THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. NEWS | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS The death rate, however, marked a grim milestone in May, with 15,054 additional victims, and worst month on record since the start of the pandemic last March. Last week (May 24 to 30), when anti-government protests besieged cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed 3,558 deaths, and third nation in the world with the highest number of

victims

CORONAVIRUS SPIKES IN BOGOTÁ TWO WEEKS AFTER START OF MASS Coronavirus spikes in Bogotá two weeks after start of mass protests. After more than two weeks in which Colombia faced civil unrest and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest against President Iván Duque, and the national government’s economic measures to levy taxes to mitigate the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY Colombian Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez assured Tuesday that the government has asked the Biden administration to lend vaccines to accelerate the immunization process and economic recovery of the country, hit in recent weeks by anti-government protests, illegal road

blockades and

COLOMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT BY PRIVATE Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Health has authorized the purchase and import of coronavirus vaccines by the private health sector to be administered free of charge to all patients as part of the government’s National Vaccination Plan. The purchase of vaccines

must be made

THE LOST CORVAIR OF THE DARIEN The Darien Gap with its two coastlines, the Pacific and the Caribbean was a dreaded passage for anyone attempting to cross from the North to the beaches and floodplains of Colombia. After Colombia sold Panama to the United States in 1903 to formalize the building of the Panama Canal, the Darien remained isolated from the growing inter-oceanic COLOMBIA TIGHTENS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AMIDST SURGE INAUTHOR: RICHARD

EMBLIN

Colombia tightens COVID-19 restrictions amidst surge in new cases. Every Colombian city must adopt tougher coronavirus restrictions as of April 5 to help mitigate the surge in new infections in the days and weeks following the Easter holidays. The new restrictions were presented by the Ministries of Health and Interior and confirmed

Sunday

COLOMBIA ON COURSE FOR WORLD'S LONGEST LOCKDOWN AFTER Colombia on course for world’s longest lockdown after extension to July 1. Colombia is on course for having one of the longest lockdowns of any nation impacted by coronavirus after President Iván Duque decreed a fifth extension of Obligatory Preventive Isolation to July 1. The issue of Decree 749 came hours after he addressed the nation COLOMBIA VARIANT OF COVID-19 CONFIRMED AHEAD OF VACCINE Colombia variant of COVID-19 confirmed ahead of vaccine program. The Colombian government has rolled out the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program with the head of the health portfolio, Minister Fernando Ruíz, outlining the schedule and guidelines for inoculating 36 million citizens, foreigners, and 1.7 million Venezuelans living in

the country.

COLOMBIA'S TRADE UNIONS REVEAL POLITICAL OBJECTIVES BEHIND 17 hours ago · Colombia’s largest trade unions are increasingly isolated in a national strike of their own making, and popular movement that ignited over a tax reform bill that never reached Congress. As anger and frustration mounted over elusive reforms, compounded by 15 months of COLOMBIA SEES HIGHEST PER DAY COVID-19 DEATH TOLL DURING 1 day ago · As the national strike in Colombia began day 43 with an unsuccessful statue toppling of Queen Isabel I by members of the Misak indigenous tribe, and that resulted in police intervening to open up the main road that leads to El Dorado airport, the so-called “siege of Bogotá” was perpetrated by TIMOTHY LANGHAM, AUTHOR AT THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ 17 hours ago · Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. COLOMBIA TIGHTENS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AMIDST SURGE IN Colombia tightens COVID-19 restrictions amidst surge in new cases. Every Colombian city must adopt tougher coronavirus restrictions as of April 5 to help mitigate the surge in new infections in the days and weeks following the Easter holidays. The new restrictions were presented by the Ministries of Health and Interior and confirmed

Sunday

COLOMBIA'S MAY 7 PROTESTS BEGIN WITH DOWNING OF BOGOTÁ The City Paper Staff. -. May 7, 2021. Early on Friday morning members of the Misak indigenous community from the department of Cauca in southwest Colombia toppled the statue of Bogotá’s founder, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509 – 1579) in the historic center of the capital. Jiménez de Quesada is the second BOGOTÁ GETS BACK-TO-BACK LOCKDOWNS AFTER CAPITAL RETURNS The news that Bogotá will have back-to-back quarantines comes as new COVID-19 infections nationwide for Tuesday totaled 16,377, of which, 3,451 were confirmed in Bogotá and 3,796 in the country’s second-largest city Medellín. Colombia lost an additional 326 lives to the virus, raising the death toll to 66,482. COLOMBIA VARIANT OF COVID-19 CONFIRMED AHEAD OF VACCINE Colombia variant of COVID-19 confirmed ahead of vaccine program. The Colombian government has rolled out the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program with the head of the health portfolio, Minister Fernando Ruíz, outlining the schedule and guidelines for inoculating 36 million citizens, foreigners, and 1.7 million Venezuelans living in

the country.

UNIONS CALL FOR PROTEST AS COLOMBIA SEES HIGHEST PER DAY On Monday, ICU occupation in Bogotá reached 84% or 2,060 beds of 2,447 in total. “Today we are at the highest occupation of ICUs since the start of the pandemic,” stated Mayor López before announcing that night curfews will start April 20 from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am, as well as second strict lockdown from midnight Thursday, April

22, to

COLOMBIA ON COURSE FOR WORLD'S LONGEST LOCKDOWN AFTER Colombia on course for world’s longest lockdown after extension to July 1. Colombia is on course for having one of the longest lockdowns of any nation impacted by coronavirus after President Iván Duque decreed a fifth extension of Obligatory Preventive Isolation to July 1. The issue of Decree 749 came hours after he addressed the nation CORONAVIRUS CASES SURGE IN MEDELLÍN WITH START OF COLOMBIA Coronavirus cases surge in Medellín with start of Colombia’s third wave. By. Richard Emblin. -. March 27, 2021. Despite a population one quarter in size to Bogotá’s burgeoning eight million, Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellín, has become the new epicenter of coronavirus infection, registering per-daily case averages above

1,000.

THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. NEWS | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS The death rate, however, marked a grim milestone in May, with 15,054 additional victims, and worst month on record since the start of the pandemic last March. Last week (May 24 to 30), when anti-government protests besieged cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed 3,558 deaths, and third nation in the world with the highest number of

victims

COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY Colombia asks US for vaccine loan to accelerate immunity. Colombian Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez assured Tuesday that the government has asked the Biden administration to lend vaccines to accelerate the immunization process and economic recovery of the country, hit in recent weeks by anti-government protests, illegal road

blockades and

CORONAVIRUS SPIKES IN BOGOTÁ TWO WEEKS AFTER START OF MASS Coronavirus spikes in Bogotá two weeks after start of mass protests. After more than two weeks in which Colombia faced civil unrest and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest against President Iván Duque, and the national government’s economic measures to levy taxes to mitigate the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on COLOMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT BY PRIVATEAUTHOR:

RICHARD EMBLIN

Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Health has authorized the purchase and import of coronavirus vaccines by the private health sector to be administered free of charge to all patients as part of the government’s National Vaccination Plan. The purchase of vaccines

must be made

BOGOTÁ GETS BACK-TO-BACK LOCKDOWNS AFTER CAPITAL RETURNS The news that Bogotá will have back-to-back quarantines comes as new COVID-19 infections nationwide for Tuesday totaled 16,377, of which, 3,451 were confirmed in Bogotá and 3,796 in the country’s second-largest city Medellín. Colombia lost an additional 326 lives to the virus, raising the death toll to 66,482. PRESIDENT DUQUE ORDERS MILITARY TO CLEAR ALL ILLEGAL ROAD President Iván Duque has ordered the Colombian military to clear all illegal road blockades as strike action completes three weeks. During the announcement on Monday evening, Duque called on the nation’s security forces to deploy “maximum operational capacity,” while respecting the right to peaceful protest and human rights. THE LOST CORVAIR OF THE DARIEN The Darien Gap with its two coastlines, the Pacific and the Caribbean was a dreaded passage for anyone attempting to cross from the North to the beaches and floodplains of Colombia. After Colombia sold Panama to the United States in 1903 to formalize the building of the Panama Canal, the Darien remained isolated from the growing inter-oceanic WHAT NEXT FOR BOGOTÁ AS COVID-19 CASES SURGE ANDAUTHOR: RICHARD

EMBLIN

According to the National Institute of Health (INS), the nationwide positivity rate is 25% – or 25 confirmed positive cases of 100 PCR tests processed. As Bogotá ends a three-day lockdown on Tuesday at 4:00 am, and additional measure Pico y cédula in effect until April 19, the district’s Government Secretariat Luis Ernesto Gómez THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. NEWS | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS The death rate, however, marked a grim milestone in May, with 15,054 additional victims, and worst month on record since the start of the pandemic last March. Last week (May 24 to 30), when anti-government protests besieged cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed 3,558 deaths, and third nation in the world with the highest number of

victims

COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY Colombia asks US for vaccine loan to accelerate immunity. Colombian Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez assured Tuesday that the government has asked the Biden administration to lend vaccines to accelerate the immunization process and economic recovery of the country, hit in recent weeks by anti-government protests, illegal road

blockades and

CORONAVIRUS SPIKES IN BOGOTÁ TWO WEEKS AFTER START OF MASS Coronavirus spikes in Bogotá two weeks after start of mass protests. After more than two weeks in which Colombia faced civil unrest and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest against President Iván Duque, and the national government’s economic measures to levy taxes to mitigate the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on COLOMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT BY PRIVATEAUTHOR:

RICHARD EMBLIN

Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Health has authorized the purchase and import of coronavirus vaccines by the private health sector to be administered free of charge to all patients as part of the government’s National Vaccination Plan. The purchase of vaccines

must be made

BOGOTÁ GETS BACK-TO-BACK LOCKDOWNS AFTER CAPITAL RETURNS The news that Bogotá will have back-to-back quarantines comes as new COVID-19 infections nationwide for Tuesday totaled 16,377, of which, 3,451 were confirmed in Bogotá and 3,796 in the country’s second-largest city Medellín. Colombia lost an additional 326 lives to the virus, raising the death toll to 66,482. PRESIDENT DUQUE ORDERS MILITARY TO CLEAR ALL ILLEGAL ROAD President Iván Duque has ordered the Colombian military to clear all illegal road blockades as strike action completes three weeks. During the announcement on Monday evening, Duque called on the nation’s security forces to deploy “maximum operational capacity,” while respecting the right to peaceful protest and human rights. THE LOST CORVAIR OF THE DARIEN The Darien Gap with its two coastlines, the Pacific and the Caribbean was a dreaded passage for anyone attempting to cross from the North to the beaches and floodplains of Colombia. After Colombia sold Panama to the United States in 1903 to formalize the building of the Panama Canal, the Darien remained isolated from the growing inter-oceanic WHAT NEXT FOR BOGOTÁ AS COVID-19 CASES SURGE ANDAUTHOR: RICHARD

EMBLIN

According to the National Institute of Health (INS), the nationwide positivity rate is 25% – or 25 confirmed positive cases of 100 PCR tests processed. As Bogotá ends a three-day lockdown on Tuesday at 4:00 am, and additional measure Pico y cédula in effect until April 19, the district’s Government Secretariat Luis Ernesto Gómez COLOMBIA SEES HIGHEST PER DAY COVID-19 DEATH TOLL DURING 23 hours ago · As the national strike in Colombia began day 43 with an unsuccessful statue toppling of Queen Isabel I by members of the Misak indigenous tribe, and that resulted in police intervening to open up the main road that leads to El Dorado airport, the so-called “siege of Bogotá” was perpetrated by no more than 3,000 protestors (according to the district’s Government Secretariat). VACCINATIONS IN COLOMBIA SURPASS CORONAVIRUS ACTIVE CASES Vaccinations in Colombia surpass coronavirus active cases. The number of coronavirus vaccines that have been administered in Colombia in less than a week has surpassed the number of Active Cases, 45,166 to 39,197 respectively. Despite a cumulative total of 2,229,663 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic on March 6, 2020, the arrival COLOMBIA'S MAY 7 PROTESTS BEGIN WITH DOWNING OF BOGOTÁ The City Paper Staff. -. May 7, 2021. Early on Friday morning members of the Misak indigenous community from the department of Cauca in southwest Colombia toppled the statue of Bogotá’s founder, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509 – 1579) in the historic center of the capital. Jiménez de Quesada is the second COLOMBIA VARIANT OF COVID-19 CONFIRMED AHEAD OF VACCINE Colombia variant of COVID-19 confirmed ahead of vaccine program. The Colombian government has rolled out the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program with the head of the health portfolio, Minister Fernando Ruíz, outlining the schedule and guidelines for inoculating 36 million citizens, foreigners, and 1.7 million Venezuelans living in

the country.

COLOMBIA PROTESTS LEAVE 19 DEAD, MORE THAN 800 INJURED AS Colombia protests leave 19 dead, more than 800 injured as strike continues. After four days of protests across Colombia against President Iván Duque and the government’s proposed legislation to overhaul the country’s taxation system, on Sunday afternoon, President Duque ordered Congress to remove the Reforma Tributaria to

draft a new

CORONAVIRUS CASES SURGE IN MEDELLÍN WITH START OF COLOMBIA Coronavirus cases surge in Medellín with start of Colombia’s third wave. By. Richard Emblin. -. March 27, 2021. Despite a population one quarter in size to Bogotá’s burgeoning eight million, Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellín, has become the new epicenter of coronavirus infection, registering per-daily case averages above

1,000.

BOGOTÁ ENTERS LOCKDOWN AS CORONAVIRUS CLAIMS 269 VICTIMS Bogotá enters lockdown as coronavirus claims 269 victims on Friday. Bogotá is hours away from starting a three-day lockdown, but as many residents have learned to accept, is that strict quarantines rarely last three days, especially given the recent surge in new coronavirus cases. As of Friday midnight to 4:00 am Tuesday, the Colombian RICHARD EMBLIN, AUTHOR AT THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Richard Emblin is the director of The City Paper. President Duque orders military to clear all illegal road blockades ; Destruction to Bogotá’s TransMilenio will take six months to repair IT’S A ‘CHAMBA’ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. EL BRONX: THE LIVING HELL AT THE HEART OF BOGOTÁ El Bronx: The living hell at the heart of Bogotá. On May 28, just five months into his term as mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa decided to put an end to the horror of “El Bronx” ordering a 2,000-strong special reaction force to seize and shut down two streets of infamy. The Bronx was the name given to the capital’s worst drug

zone

THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. NEWS | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS The death rate, however, marked a grim milestone in May, with 15,054 additional victims, and worst month on record since the start of the pandemic last March. Last week (May 24 to 30), when anti-government protests besieged cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed 3,558 deaths, and third nation in the world with the highest number of

victims

COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY Colombia asks US for vaccine loan to accelerate immunity. Colombian Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez assured Tuesday that the government has asked the Biden administration to lend vaccines to accelerate the immunization process and economic recovery of the country, hit in recent weeks by anti-government protests, illegal road

blockades and

CORONAVIRUS SPIKES IN BOGOTÁ TWO WEEKS AFTER START OF MASS Coronavirus spikes in Bogotá two weeks after start of mass protests. After more than two weeks in which Colombia faced civil unrest and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest against President Iván Duque, and the national government’s economic measures to levy taxes to mitigate the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on COLOMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT BY PRIVATEAUTHOR:

RICHARD EMBLIN

Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Health has authorized the purchase and import of coronavirus vaccines by the private health sector to be administered free of charge to all patients as part of the government’s National Vaccination Plan. The purchase of vaccines

must be made

BOGOTÁ GETS BACK-TO-BACK LOCKDOWNS AFTER CAPITAL RETURNS The news that Bogotá will have back-to-back quarantines comes as new COVID-19 infections nationwide for Tuesday totaled 16,377, of which, 3,451 were confirmed in Bogotá and 3,796 in the country’s second-largest city Medellín. Colombia lost an additional 326 lives to the virus, raising the death toll to 66,482. PRESIDENT DUQUE ORDERS MILITARY TO CLEAR ALL ILLEGAL ROAD President Iván Duque has ordered the Colombian military to clear all illegal road blockades as strike action completes three weeks. During the announcement on Monday evening, Duque called on the nation’s security forces to deploy “maximum operational capacity,” while respecting the right to peaceful protest and human rights. THE LOST CORVAIR OF THE DARIEN The Darien Gap with its two coastlines, the Pacific and the Caribbean was a dreaded passage for anyone attempting to cross from the North to the beaches and floodplains of Colombia. After Colombia sold Panama to the United States in 1903 to formalize the building of the Panama Canal, the Darien remained isolated from the growing inter-oceanic WHAT NEXT FOR BOGOTÁ AS COVID-19 CASES SURGE ANDAUTHOR: RICHARD

EMBLIN

According to the National Institute of Health (INS), the nationwide positivity rate is 25% – or 25 confirmed positive cases of 100 PCR tests processed. As Bogotá ends a three-day lockdown on Tuesday at 4:00 am, and additional measure Pico y cédula in effect until April 19, the district’s Government Secretariat Luis Ernesto Gómez THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. NEWS | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS The death rate, however, marked a grim milestone in May, with 15,054 additional victims, and worst month on record since the start of the pandemic last March. Last week (May 24 to 30), when anti-government protests besieged cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed 3,558 deaths, and third nation in the world with the highest number of

victims

COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY Colombia asks US for vaccine loan to accelerate immunity. Colombian Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez assured Tuesday that the government has asked the Biden administration to lend vaccines to accelerate the immunization process and economic recovery of the country, hit in recent weeks by anti-government protests, illegal road

blockades and

CORONAVIRUS SPIKES IN BOGOTÁ TWO WEEKS AFTER START OF MASS Coronavirus spikes in Bogotá two weeks after start of mass protests. After more than two weeks in which Colombia faced civil unrest and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest against President Iván Duque, and the national government’s economic measures to levy taxes to mitigate the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on COLOMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT BY PRIVATEAUTHOR:

RICHARD EMBLIN

Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Health has authorized the purchase and import of coronavirus vaccines by the private health sector to be administered free of charge to all patients as part of the government’s National Vaccination Plan. The purchase of vaccines

must be made

BOGOTÁ GETS BACK-TO-BACK LOCKDOWNS AFTER CAPITAL RETURNS The news that Bogotá will have back-to-back quarantines comes as new COVID-19 infections nationwide for Tuesday totaled 16,377, of which, 3,451 were confirmed in Bogotá and 3,796 in the country’s second-largest city Medellín. Colombia lost an additional 326 lives to the virus, raising the death toll to 66,482. PRESIDENT DUQUE ORDERS MILITARY TO CLEAR ALL ILLEGAL ROAD President Iván Duque has ordered the Colombian military to clear all illegal road blockades as strike action completes three weeks. During the announcement on Monday evening, Duque called on the nation’s security forces to deploy “maximum operational capacity,” while respecting the right to peaceful protest and human rights. THE LOST CORVAIR OF THE DARIEN The Darien Gap with its two coastlines, the Pacific and the Caribbean was a dreaded passage for anyone attempting to cross from the North to the beaches and floodplains of Colombia. After Colombia sold Panama to the United States in 1903 to formalize the building of the Panama Canal, the Darien remained isolated from the growing inter-oceanic WHAT NEXT FOR BOGOTÁ AS COVID-19 CASES SURGE ANDAUTHOR: RICHARD

EMBLIN

According to the National Institute of Health (INS), the nationwide positivity rate is 25% – or 25 confirmed positive cases of 100 PCR tests processed. As Bogotá ends a three-day lockdown on Tuesday at 4:00 am, and additional measure Pico y cédula in effect until April 19, the district’s Government Secretariat Luis Ernesto Gómez COLOMBIA SEES HIGHEST PER DAY COVID-19 DEATH TOLL DURING 6 hours ago · As the national strike in Colombia began day 43 with an unsuccessful statue toppling of Queen Isabel I by members of the Misak indigenous tribe, and that resulted in police intervening to open up the main road that leads to El Dorado airport, the so-called “siege of Bogotá” was perpetrated by no more than 3,000 protestors (according to the district’s Government Secretariat). BOGOTÁ | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. BOGOTÁ ON VERGE OF HOSPITAL COLLAPSE WITH ICUS AT 96% Bogotá on verge of hospital collapse with ICUs at 96%. Bogotá Mayor Claudia López introduced new coronavirus health measures on Monday as ICU occupancy reached 96%, and highest number since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, 2020. During a press conference accompanied by the Minister of Health Fernando Ruíz and the district’s Health COLOMBIA'S MAY 7 PROTESTS BEGIN WITH DOWNING OF BOGOTÁ The City Paper Staff. -. May 7, 2021. Early on Friday morning members of the Misak indigenous community from the department of Cauca in southwest Colombia toppled the statue of Bogotá’s founder, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509 – 1579) in the historic center of the capital. Jiménez de Quesada is the second VACCINATIONS IN COLOMBIA SURPASS CORONAVIRUS ACTIVE CASES Vaccinations in Colombia surpass coronavirus active cases. The number of coronavirus vaccines that have been administered in Colombia in less than a week has surpassed the number of Active Cases, 45,166 to 39,197 respectively. Despite a cumulative total of 2,229,663 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic on March 6, 2020, the arrival BOGOTÁ ENTERS LOCKDOWN AS CORONAVIRUS CLAIMS 269 VICTIMS Bogotá enters lockdown as coronavirus claims 269 victims on Friday. Bogotá is hours away from starting a three-day lockdown, but as many residents have learned to accept, is that strict quarantines rarely last three days, especially given the recent surge in new coronavirus cases. As of Friday midnight to 4:00 am Tuesday, the Colombian COLOMBIA VARIANT OF COVID-19 CONFIRMED AHEAD OF VACCINE Colombia variant of COVID-19 confirmed ahead of vaccine program. The Colombian government has rolled out the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program with the head of the health portfolio, Minister Fernando Ruíz, outlining the schedule and guidelines for inoculating 36 million citizens, foreigners, and 1.7 million Venezuelans living in

the country.

COLOMBIA PROTESTS LEAVE 19 DEAD, MORE THAN 800 INJURED AS Colombia protests leave 19 dead, more than 800 injured as strike continues. After four days of protests across Colombia against President Iván Duque and the government’s proposed legislation to overhaul the country’s taxation system, on Sunday afternoon, President Duque ordered Congress to remove the Reforma Tributaria to

draft a new

CORONAVIRUS CASES SURGE IN MEDELLÍN WITH START OF COLOMBIA Coronavirus cases surge in Medellín with start of Colombia’s third wave. By. Richard Emblin. -. March 27, 2021. Despite a population one quarter in size to Bogotá’s burgeoning eight million, Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellín, has become the new epicenter of coronavirus infection, registering per-daily case averages above

1,000.

EL BRONX: THE LIVING HELL AT THE HEART OF BOGOTÁ El Bronx: The living hell at the heart of Bogotá. On May 28, just five months into his term as mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa decided to put an end to the horror of “El Bronx” ordering a 2,000-strong special reaction force to seize and shut down two streets of infamy. The Bronx was the name given to the capital’s worst drug

zone

THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. NEWS | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS The death rate, however, marked a grim milestone in May, with 15,054 additional victims, and worst month on record since the start of the pandemic last March. Last week (May 24 to 30), when anti-government protests besieged cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed 3,558 deaths, and third nation in the world with the highest number of

victims

COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY Colombia asks US for vaccine loan to accelerate immunity. Colombian Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez assured Tuesday that the government has asked the Biden administration to lend vaccines to accelerate the immunization process and economic recovery of the country, hit in recent weeks by anti-government protests, illegal road

blockades and

CORONAVIRUS SPIKES IN BOGOTÁ TWO WEEKS AFTER START OF MASS Coronavirus spikes in Bogotá two weeks after start of mass protests. After more than two weeks in which Colombia faced civil unrest and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest against President Iván Duque, and the national government’s economic measures to levy taxes to mitigate the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on COLOMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT BY PRIVATEAUTHOR:

RICHARD EMBLIN

Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Health has authorized the purchase and import of coronavirus vaccines by the private health sector to be administered free of charge to all patients as part of the government’s National Vaccination Plan. The purchase of vaccines

must be made

BOGOTÁ GETS BACK-TO-BACK LOCKDOWNS AFTER CAPITAL RETURNS The news that Bogotá will have back-to-back quarantines comes as new COVID-19 infections nationwide for Tuesday totaled 16,377, of which, 3,451 were confirmed in Bogotá and 3,796 in the country’s second-largest city Medellín. Colombia lost an additional 326 lives to the virus, raising the death toll to 66,482. PRESIDENT DUQUE ORDERS MILITARY TO CLEAR ALL ILLEGAL ROAD President Iván Duque has ordered the Colombian military to clear all illegal road blockades as strike action completes three weeks. During the announcement on Monday evening, Duque called on the nation’s security forces to deploy “maximum operational capacity,” while respecting the right to peaceful protest and human rights. THE LOST CORVAIR OF THE DARIEN The Darien Gap with its two coastlines, the Pacific and the Caribbean was a dreaded passage for anyone attempting to cross from the North to the beaches and floodplains of Colombia. After Colombia sold Panama to the United States in 1903 to formalize the building of the Panama Canal, the Darien remained isolated from the growing inter-oceanic WHAT NEXT FOR BOGOTÁ AS COVID-19 CASES SURGE ANDAUTHOR: RICHARD

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According to the National Institute of Health (INS), the nationwide positivity rate is 25% – or 25 confirmed positive cases of 100 PCR tests processed. As Bogotá ends a three-day lockdown on Tuesday at 4:00 am, and additional measure Pico y cédula in effect until April 19, the district’s Government Secretariat Luis Ernesto Gómez THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. NEWS | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS The death rate, however, marked a grim milestone in May, with 15,054 additional victims, and worst month on record since the start of the pandemic last March. Last week (May 24 to 30), when anti-government protests besieged cities, the Ministry of Health confirmed 3,558 deaths, and third nation in the world with the highest number of

victims

COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY Colombia asks US for vaccine loan to accelerate immunity. Colombian Vice-President Marta Lucía Ramírez assured Tuesday that the government has asked the Biden administration to lend vaccines to accelerate the immunization process and economic recovery of the country, hit in recent weeks by anti-government protests, illegal road

blockades and

CORONAVIRUS SPIKES IN BOGOTÁ TWO WEEKS AFTER START OF MASS Coronavirus spikes in Bogotá two weeks after start of mass protests. After more than two weeks in which Colombia faced civil unrest and tens of thousands took to the streets in protest against President Iván Duque, and the national government’s economic measures to levy taxes to mitigate the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, on COLOMBIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR VACCINE ROLL-OUT BY PRIVATEAUTHOR:

RICHARD EMBLIN

Colombia gives green light for vaccine roll-out by private health sector. Colombia’s Ministry of Health has authorized the purchase and import of coronavirus vaccines by the private health sector to be administered free of charge to all patients as part of the government’s National Vaccination Plan. The purchase of vaccines

must be made

BOGOTÁ GETS BACK-TO-BACK LOCKDOWNS AFTER CAPITAL RETURNS The news that Bogotá will have back-to-back quarantines comes as new COVID-19 infections nationwide for Tuesday totaled 16,377, of which, 3,451 were confirmed in Bogotá and 3,796 in the country’s second-largest city Medellín. Colombia lost an additional 326 lives to the virus, raising the death toll to 66,482. PRESIDENT DUQUE ORDERS MILITARY TO CLEAR ALL ILLEGAL ROAD President Iván Duque has ordered the Colombian military to clear all illegal road blockades as strike action completes three weeks. During the announcement on Monday evening, Duque called on the nation’s security forces to deploy “maximum operational capacity,” while respecting the right to peaceful protest and human rights. THE LOST CORVAIR OF THE DARIEN The Darien Gap with its two coastlines, the Pacific and the Caribbean was a dreaded passage for anyone attempting to cross from the North to the beaches and floodplains of Colombia. After Colombia sold Panama to the United States in 1903 to formalize the building of the Panama Canal, the Darien remained isolated from the growing inter-oceanic WHAT NEXT FOR BOGOTÁ AS COVID-19 CASES SURGE ANDAUTHOR: RICHARD

EMBLIN

According to the National Institute of Health (INS), the nationwide positivity rate is 25% – or 25 confirmed positive cases of 100 PCR tests processed. As Bogotá ends a three-day lockdown on Tuesday at 4:00 am, and additional measure Pico y cédula in effect until April 19, the district’s Government Secretariat Luis Ernesto Gómez COLOMBIA SEES HIGHEST PER DAY COVID-19 DEATH TOLL DURING 2 hours ago · As the national strike in Colombia began day 43 with an unsuccessful statue toppling of Queen Isabel I by members of the Misak indigenous tribe, and that resulted in police intervening to open up the main road that leads to El Dorado airport, the so-called “siege of Bogotá” was perpetrated by no more than 3,000 protestors (according to the district’s Government Secretariat). BOGOTÁ | THE CITY PAPER BOGOTÁ Founded in April of 2008, The City Paper is Colombia's largest English-language newspaper and the best source for breaking news, travel tips and cultural insights into one of Latin America's most beautiful and welcoming nations. BOGOTÁ ON VERGE OF HOSPITAL COLLAPSE WITH ICUS AT 96% Bogotá on verge of hospital collapse with ICUs at 96%. Bogotá Mayor Claudia López introduced new coronavirus health measures on Monday as ICU occupancy reached 96%, and highest number since the outbreak of the pandemic in March, 2020. During a press conference accompanied by the Minister of Health Fernando Ruíz and the district’s Health COLOMBIA'S MAY 7 PROTESTS BEGIN WITH DOWNING OF BOGOTÁ The City Paper Staff. -. May 7, 2021. Early on Friday morning members of the Misak indigenous community from the department of Cauca in southwest Colombia toppled the statue of Bogotá’s founder, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509 – 1579) in the historic center of the capital. Jiménez de Quesada is the second VACCINATIONS IN COLOMBIA SURPASS CORONAVIRUS ACTIVE CASES Vaccinations in Colombia surpass coronavirus active cases. The number of coronavirus vaccines that have been administered in Colombia in less than a week has surpassed the number of Active Cases, 45,166 to 39,197 respectively. Despite a cumulative total of 2,229,663 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic on March 6, 2020, the arrival BOGOTÁ ENTERS LOCKDOWN AS CORONAVIRUS CLAIMS 269 VICTIMS Bogotá enters lockdown as coronavirus claims 269 victims on Friday. Bogotá is hours away from starting a three-day lockdown, but as many residents have learned to accept, is that strict quarantines rarely last three days, especially given the recent surge in new coronavirus cases. As of Friday midnight to 4:00 am Tuesday, the Colombian COLOMBIA VARIANT OF COVID-19 CONFIRMED AHEAD OF VACCINE Colombia variant of COVID-19 confirmed ahead of vaccine program. The Colombian government has rolled out the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program with the head of the health portfolio, Minister Fernando Ruíz, outlining the schedule and guidelines for inoculating 36 million citizens, foreigners, and 1.7 million Venezuelans living in

the country.

COLOMBIA PROTESTS LEAVE 19 DEAD, MORE THAN 800 INJURED AS Colombia protests leave 19 dead, more than 800 injured as strike continues. After four days of protests across Colombia against President Iván Duque and the government’s proposed legislation to overhaul the country’s taxation system, on Sunday afternoon, President Duque ordered Congress to remove the Reforma Tributaria to

draft a new

CORONAVIRUS CASES SURGE IN MEDELLÍN WITH START OF COLOMBIA Coronavirus cases surge in Medellín with start of Colombia’s third wave. By. Richard Emblin. -. March 27, 2021. Despite a population one quarter in size to Bogotá’s burgeoning eight million, Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellín, has become the new epicenter of coronavirus infection, registering per-daily case averages above

1,000.

EL BRONX: THE LIVING HELL AT THE HEART OF BOGOTÁ El Bronx: The living hell at the heart of Bogotá. On May 28, just five months into his term as mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa decided to put an end to the horror of “El Bronx” ordering a 2,000-strong special reaction force to seize and shut down two streets of infamy. The Bronx was the name given to the capital’s worst drug

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WORST MONTH FOR COVID DEATHS IN COLOMBIA, PROTESTS ROADBLOCKS CONTINUE On Sunday thousands marched across Colombia denouncing the national strike and in support of the national police. May marked worst month on record for COVID-19 deaths. COLOMBIA IN COVID19 RESURGENCE AS NATIONAL STRIKE COMPLETES FIRST

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As the national strike completes its first month with anti-government demonstrations, road blockades and acts of vandalism, the third wave of coronavirus shows no sign of abating. COLOMBIA ASKS US FOR VACCINE LOAN TO ACCELERATE IMMUNITY AMID PROTESTS Given the on-going national strike and delays caused by social protests and road blockades, Colombia's Marta Lucía Ramírez has asked the US government for a vaccine loan. COLOMBIA’S AG AND OMBUDSMAN CONFIRM 43 HOMICIDES SINCE START OF PARO

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According to Colombia's Attorney General and Ombudsman, 17 persons have been killed in the Paro Nacional protests of 43 strike-related

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BOGOTÁ’S ICONIC LIBERATOR STATUE TRANSFERRED FROM HÉROES MONUMENT The 19th century statue of Liberator Simón Bolívar has been moved to a safe location after protests weakened the pedestal and vandals burned the sides and belly of the horse.________

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