Rights groups say Colombia’s controversial security law violates human rights and the opposition says they will challenge it in the Constitutional Court. The law claims to guarantee citizen security with tougher penalties, but critics say it violates the Constitution, dangerously expanding self-defence laws among other provisions. It also increases penalties for damaging public infrastructure or when protesters wear a mask, potentially turning protesters into criminals. The bill was approved by Congress this week and is expected to be signed off by President Ivan Duque. Al Jazeera’s @Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, Colombia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera […]
United States President Joe Biden says a limited number of US Marines would be sent to Haiti to secure the American embassy there after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Haitian police have arrested the head of security for the presidential palace, as they investigate the murder. Al Jazeera’s Katia Lopez Hoda-Yan has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #Aljazeeraenglish #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraLive
Five more deaths have been reported in Colombia as protests against President Ivan Duque’s government continue. Anger over tax hikes has now turned into a wider movement against the President’s performance. The United Nations and European Union are raising concerns about the heavy-handed tactics of security forces. More than 20 people have died and dozens more have been reported missing. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampieti reports from Bogota, Colombia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #ColombiaProtests #ColombiaUnrest #Cali
There has been violence during May Day marches in Colombia, where workers’ rights protests combined with anger over proposed tax changes. Protests gathered at the National Park in Bogota to continue protesting against a controversial tax reform that they say would raise taxes on the middle class at a time of great economic pain. Rising poverty and unemployment following COVID-19 restrictions have people increasingly venting their anger in the streets, openly defying official pleas to stay home. The chaos has forced President Ivan Duque to backpedal on the tax reform plans promising to rewrite the bill excluding taxes on basic food items, utilities and gasoline that angered protesters. Al Jazeera’s […]
Thousands of anti-government protesters and police have fought in Colombia’s capital Bogota over President Ivan Duque’s planned tax increase, in spite of COVID-19 curbs. The government is proposing new or expanded taxes for citizens and businesses to shore up its pandemic-battered economy. People are also protesting over the country’s precarious security situation. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, Colombia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Colombia #ColombiaTaxReform #ColombiaProtests
0 Coffee farms across Colombia are suffering the worst shortage of workers in years. The fear of COVID-19 and low prices for coffee beans have made hiring pickers more difficult and offering higher wages impossible. Farms are missing up to half the temporary workers they regularly hire to harvest the crop. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Colombia #Coffee
Hurricane Iota is pushing across Central America after making landfall in Nicaragua. In a record-breaking year for Atlantic hurricanes, Iota is the first to reach the Category 5 status and the second destructive hurricane to hit the region this month. Al Jazeera’s Charlotte Bellis has the latest. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #HurricaneIota #Iota
Hurricane Iota is gaining strength as it heads towards Central America. It is causing severe flooding in Colombia, where at least three people have died and hundreds forced to leave their homes, just a week after Hurricane Eta devastated the region. Al Jazeera’s Raheela Mahomed has more. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Colombia
A regional United Nations body is forecasting the worst-ever economic contraction for Latin America and the Caribbean, following oil prices moving into negative territory as demand drops due to global coronavirus restrictions. Many Latin American countries which produce oil will be hit badly and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean predicts a 5.3 percent drop in economic activity. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from Santiago, Chile. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Coronavirus #LatinAmericaRecession #AljazeeraEnglish
Haiti is the first country where black slaves declared their freedom as an independent nation. But what is far less known is that 200 years earlier, slaves in Colombia established the first free black town in the new world. Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from San Basilio de Palengue, Colombia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
