Archive List for Bogota

Colombia drought: Bogota implements water rationing as reservoirs dwindle

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Colombia’s capital faces a severe water shortage. Water levels in reservoirs used for generating electricity in some of the largest cities are at their lowest levels in 40 years prompting city-wide rationing to conserve water amid El Nino-induced drought crisis. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota. 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/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Colombia #ColombiaDrought #Bogota #BogotaWaterRationing #ElNino #Drought # #climatechange #globalwarming #ColombiaWaterReservoirs #LaRegadera

Four children found in Colombian jungle 40 days after plane crash

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Four children have been found alive, 40 days after the plane they were travelling in crashed in the Colombian rainforest. The single-engine plane they were flying in crashed into the jungle in the southern Caqueta province of the Amazonas region on May 1. People in Colombia are calling their survival “a miracle”. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti has this update from the capital, 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 #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Colombia #PlaneCrash #Survivors #Cessna206

Colombians celebrate two months of truce

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In Colombia, President Gustavo Petro’s plans for peace are starting to bear fruit. Peace talks are under way with Colombia’s only surviving rebel group. Meanwhile, people are celebrating more than two months of relative calm in the Pacific port of Buenaventura. It is an area that has been devastated by violence. Al Jazeera’s @AlessandroRampietii reports from Buenaventura, 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/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Colombia #violence

Colombia: Petro faces Hernandez in runoff election in June

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Results from the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, took many by surprise. Two anti-establishment candidates will now face-off in the second round, on June the 19th. A Leftist former rebel fighter will be up against a populist candidate who was little-known until recently. 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/ #Colombia #GustavoPetro #ColombiaElection2022

Colombia: Left wing’s Petro wins decisive presidential primary election

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Gustavo Petro, the front-runner for Colombia’s May presidential election, has secured the nomination of the left-wing Historic Pact coalition in primaries. Voters also cast their votes for 108 senators and 187 lower house members on Sunday. Complete legislative results are expected later on Monday. 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 #ColombiaVota2022 #GustavoPetro

40,000 Venezuelans lose their citizenship card in Colombia

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More than 40,000 migrants from Venezuela have unexpectedly lost their Colombian citizenship cards, without being told. Most of them are the children of Colombian citizens. As Al Jazeera’s @Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota, some have been arrested, while others cannot access their bank accounts or health care. – 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 #Venezuela

Colombia unrest: Violent confrontations continue in Cali

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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

Colombia: Protests intensify on fourth day over tax reform bill

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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 march in Colombia over tax proposals, rising insecurity

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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