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A healthcare worker tends to COVID-19 patients resting inside a tent set up on a soccer court of the Samaritana Hospital to accommodate the increased numbers in patients infected with the virus, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, June 3, 2021. Colombia has become a pandemic hotspot experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 infections and a surge in deaths. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Colombia eases lockdown measures despite 3rd virus peak

Jun. 03, 2021 09:32 PM EDT

A woman dressed in a traditional Mexican dress and mask holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Peace begins in the heart of every man and woman to renounce war forever." as police stand guard on the sidelines of an anti-government march in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Colombians have taken to the streets for weeks across the country after the government proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Pressured by protests, Colombian lawmakers nix health reform

By Astrid Suárez May. 19, 2021 07:50 PM EDT

An anti-government protester is detained by police in Gachancipa, Colombia, Friday, May 7, 2021. The protests that began last week over a tax reform proposal continue despite President Ivan Duque's withdrawal of the tax plan on Sunday, May 2. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Corruption, economic woes spark deadly protests in Colombia

By Regina Garcia Cano And Astrid Suárez May. 07, 2021 04:11 PM EDT

Doris Tejada, mother of Oscar Alexander Morales who disappeared on New Year's eve 2007, holds a photo of her son, at a shop in Soacha, Colombia, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Tejada and her husband found out that their son indeed is on the list of the "false positives," victims of extrajudicial executions by members of Colombia's army who were falsely presented as guerrillas killed in combat during the country's internal conflict, which ended with the 2016 demobilization of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Mother searches for son believed killed by Colombia soldiers

By Astrid Suarez May. 04, 2021 10:23 AM EDT

University students march during a national strike against tax reform in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, May 3, 2021. Colombia's President Ivan Duque withdrew the government-proposed tax reform on Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombian finance minister resigns amid deadly protests

By Manuel Rueda May. 03, 2021 06:26 PM EDT

Wearing a mask to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, a resident walks on a street in Campohermoso, Colombia, Thursday, March 18, 2021. According to the Health Ministry, Campohermoso is one of two municipalities in Colombia that has not had a single case of COVID-19 since the pandemic started one year ago. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombian town uses discipline, speakers to stay virus-free

By Marko Alvárez And Astrid Suaréz Mar. 23, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

The town of Campohermoso is seen from above in Colombia, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. According to the Health Ministry, Campohermoso is one of two municipalities in Colombia that has not had a single case of COVID-19 since the pandemic started one year ago. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombian town uses discipline, speakers to stay virus-free

By Marko Alvárez And Astrid Suaréz Mar. 22, 2021 07:56 PM EDT

Preschool students wear masks to prevent the spread of new coronavirus as they line up to begin their first day back to in-person class in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Bogota is returning students to blended classes at public schools after a year of online education due to the pandemic. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia gets first shipment of coronavirus vaccines

Feb. 15, 2021 02:32 PM EST

A medical staff receives her second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a government Hospital in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
The Latest: Fauci wins $1 million for "defending science"

By The Associated Press Feb. 15, 2021 12:57 AM EST

Soldiers stand guard outside the military hospital where Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo died from complications of COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. President Ivan Duque said that Trujillo died early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia's defense minister dies from COVID-19 at age 69

Jan. 26, 2021 07:21 AM EST

Gerardo Burgos, the secretary-general of the Health Ministry, stands in front of freezers that will be used to store COVID-19 vaccines during a media tour of the ministry warehouse in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Colombia says it's ready to distribute coronavirus vaccines

By Manuel Rueda Jan. 19, 2021 02:25 PM EST

Colombia leader: Undocumented Venezuelans won't get vaccines

By Manuel Rueda Dec. 22, 2020 03:30 PM EST
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president says that Venezuelan migrants who are living in the country without residence permits won't be given free COVID-19...

Volunteers wearing face masks wave after they load boxes onto a delivery truck during an event to send Christmas gifts for the underprivileged in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. The Korea Youth Foundation sent Christmas gifts using a courier to help prevent against the coronavirus as the social distancing measures. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
The Latest: Coronavirus cases keep rising in South Korea

By The Associated Press Dec. 22, 2020 01:56 AM EST

Indigenous protesters march against the government in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. The leaders of the indigenous communities say they are mobilizing to reject massacres, assassinations of social leaders, criminalization of social protest, to defend their territory, democracy and peace, and plan to stay in the capital for a nationwide protest and strike on Oct. 21. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Indigenous groups demand meeting with Colombia's president

By Manuel Rueda Oct. 19, 2020 04:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2018 file photo, Ivan Duque, presidential candidate for Democratic Center party, right, and former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe raise their hands during a campaign rally in Bogota, Colombia. Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda filed a complaint on Tuesday, March 9, 2020, accusing Maria Claudia Daza, an adviser of former President Uribe, of buying votes for President Ivan Duque during the last elections. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Powerful Colombian ex-president to lose freedom during probe

By Christine Armario Aug. 04, 2020 07:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago. Chicago officials say the nation's third-largest city cannot begin to loosen restrictions designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus before early June. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said all parts of the state are on track for restrictions to begin loosening on May 29. But Mayor Lightfoot said Friday, May 22, that the city is not yet hitting the metrics in her plan for gradually loosening restrictions and that she is hopeful that can happen by early June. (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
The Latest: UN warns cybercrime on rise during pandemic

By The Associated Press May. 22, 2020 03:07 AM EDT

In this April 30, 2020 photo, Venezuelan migrants board buses departing to the Venezuelan border amid the new coronavirus pandemic, in Bogota, Colombia. About 20,000 Venezuelans returned home since early March due to the pandemic's economic fallout. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Virus prevents diaspora Venezuelans from sending money home

By Scott Smith And Christine Armario May. 10, 2020 12:01 AM EDT