Ivan Duque Marquez
A demonstrator shouts at police during an anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Ongoing protests have been triggered by proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Colombian protest leaders call off anti-government marches

By Manuel Rueda Jun. 15, 2021 03:11 PM EDT

A man waves a banner representing Colombia's national colors during an anti-government protest triggered by proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Human rights ombudsman says 58 killed in Colombia protests

By Manuel Rueda Jun. 07, 2021 08:28 PM EDT

A woman jumps next to a flaming barricade during an anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, May 20, 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/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia removed as co-host of next month's Copa America

By Mauricio Savarese May. 20, 2021 08:55 PM EDT

A taxi drives past the charred remains of a car that was burned during clashes between Indigenous people from Cauca state who arrived to support the national strike, with local residents who do not support the blocking of roads in Cali, Colombia, Monday, May 10, 2021. Colombians have protested across the country against a government they feel has long ignored their needs, allowed corruption to run rampant and is so out of touch that it proposed tax increases during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andres Gonzalez)
42 killed in Colombia protests, human rights agency says

Manuel Rueda May. 11, 2021 05:33 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

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

In this image from video, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, the chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, speaks during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (White House via AP)
The Latest: More rules for returning New Zealand travelers

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 03:52 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

Xi, Modi expected for 'virtual' Davos in era of pandemic

Jan. 18, 2021 09:33 AM EST
GENEVA (AP) — World Economic Forum organizers are expecting leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German...

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

Chairs and decorations are stored in an events hall run by married couple Jamer Gonzalez and Angela Camargo in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Before the new coronavirus pandemic broke out they organized about nine weddings, birthday parties and company lunches each month at his hall in a working-class district of Bogota, making enough money to live comfortably and send his two eldest daughters to college. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Pandemic forces Colombia family to live in banquet hall

By Manuel Rueda Oct. 13, 2020 08:04 PM EDT

A worker disinfects a taxi for travelers arriving to El Dorado airport in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Airports, land transport, restaurants, and gyms are reopening in most of Colombia this week, as the South American nation attempts to reignite its economy following months of restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia expands reopening as coronavirus cases stabilize

By Manuel Rueda Sep. 01, 2020 06:12 PM EDT

Engineering faculty and workers at La Sabana University work on a low-cost ventilator for patients with COVID-19 in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, July 6, 2020. The machine called the Heron looks like many other ventilators used to treat COVID-19 patients, but this device costs about $4,000, a fifth of the price of ventilators imported from China, and it's made in Colombia, where some hospitals have been overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia turns to emergency ventilators to treat COVID-19

By Manuel Rueda Aug. 25, 2020 11:16 AM EDT

Locals walk after the funeral of Chief Messias Martins Moreira, 53, of the Kokama ethnic group, who died of Covid-19, at Parque das Tribos in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
Indigenous infections grew amid slow Brazil agency response

By Mauricio Savarese And David Biller May. 18, 2020 06:14 PM EDT

Members of the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force, the political party formed after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) disbanded, attend a vigil in honor of former rebels who have been murdered since the peace accord in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Supporters of Colombia's peace accord between the government and the FARC say that if Colombia cannot protect those who voluntarily give up their weapons, it raises serious questions about the long-term success of the peace process. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Bullets, virus: Fears multiply for Colombia's ex-rebels

By Christine Armario Apr. 30, 2020 10:53 AM EDT