Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is deeply concerned about the ever-growing influx of refugees from Venezuela. 'We need international help, the situation is very problematic', he said to the DPA news agency in Münster.
Rex Tillerson is going to visit colleagues in Latin America early next month (1-7 February) to mainly talk about the crisis in Venezuela.
In Colombia there are new indications that the release process of the abducted Dutch journalists Derk Bolt and Eugenio Follender is taking place. According to various sources in the city of Cucuta, there is a mission of the Catholic Church on the way to meeting emissaries of the left-wing rebel group ELN.
Journalists of the Colombian Foundation for Press Freedom jumped in front of the abducted Dutch journalists Derk Bolt and Eugenio Follender. They protest with banners in Bogotá for the freedom of their colleagues.
At a stop in a shopping center in the Colombian capital Bogotá, three women died and injured nine. An explosive was placed in a women's toilet in a popular mall. There were about 500 people in the area at the time of the explosion Saturday night local time.
Now the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC, have pledged to disarm beckons after half a century of political and armed struggle finally peace. Today was the last day of the war, tweeted peace negotiators of the rebel movement Wednesday. The disarmament of the FARC was the last major bone of contention in the peace talks.
The Colombian government officially begins peace talks with the rebel group ELN, the National Liberation Army. That says a source in the staff of the chief negotiator of the government.
Colombia has recently acquired two German U-boats in the fight against drug traffickers. Increasingly, smugglers make use of mini- submarines to transport their goods from the south to Central America. Bogotá bought for 110 million euros, the U23 and U24, submarines of 500 tons, 49 meters long and 23 crew members.
An airplane is Sunday local time in the Colombian capital Bogotá crashed into a bakery , while a fire broke out. According to police in Bogotá , five people died and seven others injured.
