Colombia

2022 - 10 - 31

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Suspension of oil exploration in Colombia would be high risk -fiscal ... (Reuters)

Income derived from hydrocarbon exploration and production in Colombia is key to the country's financial stability and its trade balance, its fiscal rule ...

"The previous factors have created a significant increase in the resources which should be assigned to debt servicing. For that reason it is important that planning for the resources which come from the tax reform is done in concurrence with the fiscal rule and its objective to reduce net debt." Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

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Colombia, Venezuela Presidents to Meet in Caracas (U.S. News & World Report)

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro will meet in Caracas on Tuesday to discuss their ...

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Colombia leader to see Venezuela's Maduro as isolation thaws (ABC News)

The meeting announced by the office of Colombian President Gustavo Petro is scheduled to take place in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. The announcement said ...

While the U.S. It follows a visit to Caracas earlier this month by Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva. The presidents of Colombia and

Presidents To Meet For First Time Since Colombia, Venezuela Cut ... (Barron's)

Colombia's leftist new president Gustavo Petro will meet counterpart Nicolas Maduro to discuss "the bilateral relationship between the two countries, the ...

Venezuela will be a guarantor and host for planned negotiations between the government in Bogota and the ELN guerrilla group. The presidency statement said the aim of Tuesday's meeting was to "boost the economy of the region" and "the protection of the Amazon" which they share with other South American countries. The leaders of Colombia and Venezuela will hold talks in Caracas Tuesday, the first meeting at presidential level since the neighbors reestablished diplomatic ties after a three-year break, the presidency in Bogota said.

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Meeting Between Colombian and Venezuelan Presidents on Nov. 1 (teleSUR English)

Colombian President Gustavo Petro will travel to the Venezuelan capital on November 1 to hold a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

and the Venezuelan extreme right. Both sides will discuss bilateral relations and the work plan for the near future. A statement issued by the Presidency of Colombia confirmed that "a meeting will be held between President Gustavo Petro and the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro," this Tuesday, November 1.

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Colombian, Venezuelan leaders to meet on Tuesday in Caracas (Anadolu Agency)

Gustavo Petro, Nicolas Maduro to discuss ties, reopening of borders, Caracas's reentry to Inter-American Human Rights system - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. President Petro has criticized the trade flow figures and promised to close the illegal crossings. "The topics to be discussed in the meeting of the presidents will be the bilateral relationship between both countries, the reopening of borders and the reentry of Venezuela to the Inter-American Human Rights system," the statement said.

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Friction Between U.S., Colombia On Extradition And Venezuela (The Organization for World Peace)

On October 3, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, while on a week-long trip to Colombia, Chile, and Peru, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, ...

Friendly diplomatic relationships are one of the foundations of peace in the modern world, and it is good to see that the U.S. The two countries have also found themselves in a dispute over Cuba, with President Petro describing the U.S. provided support to its long-time military campaign against drug cartels, and in recent years, worked with President Petro’s predecessor, Iván Duque in isolating Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, according to the New York Times. However, Petro, a former member of an armed urban guerilla group, has many different positions than his predecessor, including in regard to Venezuela and Cuba, putting him at odds with U.S. Speaking at a press conference, Blinken said that “We [The American Government] strongly support the holistic approach that President Petro’s administration is taking to counter narcotics through comprehensive rural security, justice, development, environmental protection, supply reduction as well as demand reduction including in the United States,” according to the Associated Press. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, while on a week-long trip to Colombia, Chile, and Peru, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, leader of Colombia’s new leftist government, discussed taking steps to improve intelligence sharing and related drug trafficking matters between the two states, though no agreements were signed.

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Colombia celebrates beatification of María Berenice Duque ... (Catholic News Agency)

Mother María Berenice Duque Hencker, a Colombian nun who founded religious congregations, was beatified in Medellín on Oct. 29.

The archbishop of Medellín, Ricardo Tobón Restrepo, concelebrated. During his homily, Semeraro highlighted the “humility” that characterized Mother María Berenice and recalled that the consulting theologians recognized this virtue on multiple occasions “during the beatification process.” Mother María Berenice Duque Hencker, a Colombian nun who founded religious congregations, including the Congregation of the Sisters of the Annunciation, was beatified in Medellín on Oct.

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Suspension of Oil Exploration in Colombia Would be High Risk ... (OE Digital)

Income derived from hydrocarbon exploration and production in Colombia is key to the country's financial stability and its trade balance…

"The previous factors have created a significant increase in the resources which should be assigned to debt servicing. "Certainty about future income is indispensable to maintain financing sources and an adequate level of risk," it said. The high level of public debt is a fiscal risk and high interest rates, increased risk premiums and a deep depreciation of the peso currency will mean higher interest rates on the country's debt, CARF said.

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Colombia Celebrates Beatification of María Berenice Duque ... (National Catholic Register)

MEDELLIN, Colombia — Mother María Berenice Duque Hencker, a Colombian nun who founded religious congregations, including the Congregation of the Sisters of ...

In 1957, she created the foundation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Jesus and Mary, who are dedicated to pastoral work in mission places. Mother Maria Berenice searched “day after day, with difficulty, with suffering, overcoming many trials” how to respond to God, in the midst of contrasts and misunderstandings. She herself lived her everyday life in essentiality, considering herself a ‘little worm’ ‘trash,’ ‘nothing,’” the cardinal said. In 1943, she founded the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Annunciation, which was dedicated especially to children, youths, and the family. The archbishop of Medellín, Ricardo Tobón Restrepo, concelebrated. “In this, Mother María Berenice, beatified today, always had as a model the Virgin Mary of the Annunciation, to whom she dedicated the first of the three religious foundations: the Sisters of the Annunciation.

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TIKA launches development projects in Colombia (Daily Sabah)

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) continues to contribute to improving Türkiye - Colombia relations through projects and high-level...

[veri politikası](/veri-politikasi) ndaki amaçlarla sınırlı ve mevzuata uygun şekilde çerez konumlandırmaktayız. We consider it an honor to be present and to fly the Turkish Republic's flag," Yorulmaz said. The emotions that the Soacha recycling project and its recipients gave us are indescribable. Stating that the children who graduated at 18 from the education center established by the foundation are employed at the dairy products processing facility established by TIKA, Yorulmaz emphasized that their cooperation with the foundation will continue. In this context, TIKA Vice President Yorulmaz visited the South American country to attend various openings and conveyed the activities of TIKA to the audience. At the opening ceremony, he informed about an important project in the city of Sincelejo, Colombia.

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Colombia, Venezuela presidents to meet as ties keep improving (Aljazeera.com)

The talks in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Tuesday between Colombia's new left-wing President Gustavo Petro and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro come just weeks ...

[a surge in violence](/news/2021/3/24/report-2020-saw-more-violence-and-abuses-in-colombia) as FARC dissidents and other rebel groups [battle for control of territory](/news/2022/7/16/colombians-call-for-end-to-impunity-as-activist-killings-continue), especially in areas outside the state’s control. [took office in August](/news/2022/8/8/gustavo-petro-ex-rebel-fighter-sworn-in-as-colombias-president), had promised to reset Colombia’s ties to Venezuela, which were severed in 2019 due to political tensions and security issues along the border. [Colombia and ELN rebels agree to restart peace talks](/news/2022/10/4/colombia-and-eln-rebels-agree-to-restart-peace-talks-next-month) [Thousands wait in Colombian town on trek to reach Darien Gap](/news/2022/10/12/thousands-wait-in-colombian-village-on-trek-to-reach-darien-gap)

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Colombia's new president meets with Maduro as Latin America ... (The Washington Post)

CARACAS, Venezuela — The United States has long relied on Colombia as its closest Latin American ally against the socialist government of Venezuela.

Maduro has hinted that he might be willing to hold the elections as early as 2023. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information. But she and others were pleased to see Petro calling publicly for Venezuela to rejoin the Inter-American Human Rights System, a monitor for the Organization of American States. In September, as Venezuelan migration to the U.S. The Trump administration declined to recognize Maduro after he claimed reelection in a 2018 vote widely seen as fraudulent; the countries severed diplomatic ties the following year. Maduro has agreed to Petro’s request that his government act as a “guarantor” in peace talks between Colombia’s government and the National Liberation Army, the largest remaining rebel group in Colombia. “Is Petro going to use this as an opportunity to take advantage of the leverage he has to get concrete concessions? But he has a family in Venezuela, and they want him back.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/06/venezuela-children-colombia-adoption/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_28) “Even before this, the era of pressuring Maduro to democratize has been sort of waning,” said David Smilde, a senior fellow specializing in Venezuela at the Washington Office on Latin America. The meeting is part of Petro’s effort to boost the regional economy, advance Latin American interests and protect the Amazon. Petro has been accused of declining to forcefully call out human rights abuses by Maduro. Maduro celebrated Lula’s win over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Twitter and said he spoke with him over the phone about their plans to resume a “binational cooperation agenda.”

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