The plan — quickly challenged by a local court — came days after Colombia’s president and the U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, discussed stronger measures against drug trafficking.
As Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels this week to Peru, its growing economic ties to China have raised tensions with the U.S., but show no signs of reversing course.
In Chocó, a remote region, “pain, hunger and homelessness await” survivors of last week’s earthquake, the governor said. Shakira visited to help draw awareness.
A plane with 147 Venezuelans landed on Monday in the South American country amid criticism over the deaths of deportees housed in a collapsed building during June’s quakes.
Firefighters are using cellphone lights because of a flashlight shortage, and an overwhelmed hospital in the disaster zone is operating without running water, one doctor said.
Colombia’s election on Sunday pits a right-wing candidate endorsed by President Trump against a candidate promising continuity with the country’s departing leftist president.
A special truth commission criticized Colombia’s security forces and the United
States for their role in a half-century conflict that left at least 450,000
people dead.
Las elecciones presidenciales de este domingo son una de las contiendas más inciertas de los últimos años, marcadas por una extrema fragmentación del electorado.
