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
Governments across Latin America have rallied around Mexico after security forces in Ecuador stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a controversial politician who had been granted political asylum there. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela sharply rebuked Ecuador on Saturday, hours after the seizure of Ecuador’s former Vice President Jorge Glas, with Nicaragua joining Mexico in severing diplomatic ties with Quito. The 54-year-old politician is wanted on corruption charges and has been holed up inside the Mexican embassy since seeking political asylum in December. Mexican authorities granted that request on Friday. Following his arrest, Glas could be seen on video circulating on social media […]
Over five tonnes of cocaine have been seized in a coastal city in Colombia after two drug bust operations that involved a high-speed boat chase at sea. 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: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
The Indigenous community in Bogota held a ceremony to thank rescuers who found four children alive 40 days after their plane crashed in the Amazon jungle. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti has more 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/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Colombia #PlaneCrash
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
