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A cat sits on a new coffin in a storage area of the Zipaquira's Park Cemetery in Zipaquira, Colombia, Friday, June 18, 2021. Funeral workers in Colombia are struggling to dispose of bodies as the country experiences a surge in deaths from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia reaches 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 as cases surge

By Manuel Rueda Jun. 23, 2021 12:04 AM 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 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

People hold a silent march to support the unblocking of the city's main entrance and exit roads that have been blocked by anti-government protests in Cali, Colombia, Tuesday, May 25, 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/Andres Gonzalez)
Killings of protesters continue in Colombian city of Cali

By Manuel Rueda Jun. 01, 2021 06:19 PM 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

An elderly woman is injected with a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech CoronaVac vaccine for COVID-19 at the Jose Joaquin Vargas Special Women's Center in Sibate, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The geriatric center specializing in treating psychiatric patients began vaccinating patients over 80 against the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia 1st in Americas to get vaccines from UN program

Mar. 01, 2021 04:39 PM EST

Designers stand inside a Portable Epidemiological Insulation Unit during a media presentation, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Colombia’s La Salle University school of architecture designed the small polyhedral pneumatic geodesic domes which can be used to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients in areas where there are no nearby hospitals or where existing hospitals are overwhelmed with patients. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia builds inflatable domes for coronavirus patients

By Manuel Rueda Feb. 16, 2021 03:28 PM EST

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

Venezuelan Michael Ostis, 33, repairs a bicycle, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Colombia said Monday it will register hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants and refugees currently in the country without papers, in a bid to provide them with legal residence permits and facilitate their access to health care and legal employment opportunities. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Venezuelan migrants welcome new Colombian protection measure

By Manuel Rueda Feb. 09, 2021 08:44 PM 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

Protesters carry an empty chair that symbolizes Bogota Mayor of Bogota Claudia Lopez's absence in negotiations regarding a city-wide curfew amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, as they march toward her residence to demand it be lifted and businesses reopen. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Business protest in Colombia ahead of virus lockdown

Jan. 20, 2021 04:05 PM 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

A healthcare worker collects a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Colombia's capital city is reimposing lockdown measures on Tuesday as new coronavirus infections rise around the country. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Colombia brings back lockdowns as coronavirus cases rise

By Manuel Rueda Jan. 05, 2021 03:44 PM EST

Leonor Pardo fills a hummingbird feeder in her garden in San Francisco de Sales, Colombia, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. What began as a bird-feeding fountain in her garden 35 years ago has become a tourist attraction on the edges of San Francisco de Sales, a town about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Colombia's capital. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Pandemic puts a pause to hummingbird visits in Colombia

Dec. 11, 2020 01:55 PM EST

Tatiana Gomez shows how using her cell phone she pays a utility bill, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. In Colombia, at least 1.6 million people who never had a bank account have joined the nation’s financial network since April. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Pandemic draws more Latin American poor into banking system

By Mariana Palau Nov. 13, 2020 09:27 AM EST

Colombian Dr. Camilo Rodriguez speaks during an interview in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Rodríguez said he arrives to work in one uniform and changes into another when he treats COVID-19 patients. He lost a close friend and mentor to the virus and fears spreading it to his family. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia reaches 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases

Oct. 24, 2020 06:28 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

Associated Press reporter Cesar Garcia poses for a photo on his 20 year anniversary with the AP at his office in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 31, 2019. Garcia, a veteran reporter who ventured across Colombia to tell the story of the nation's armed conflict, has died at age 61. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
César García, AP Colombia reporter, dies after illness at 61

By Christine Armario Sep. 16, 2020 09:56 AM EDT

A cycler rides past a bus that was set on fire during overnight protests triggered by the death of a man who was detained by police for violating social distancing rules to curb the spread of the coronavirus in Bogota, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Javier Ordonez died in a hospital after receiving repeated electric shocks with a stun gun from officers who detained him, seen on a video taken by Ordonez's friend, and published on social media. Authorities announced that the police involved were relieved of their duties as an investigation opens. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
7 killed in protests over police custody death in Colombia

By Christine Armario Sep. 10, 2020 04:35 PM EDT

Commuters ride their bicycles, most of them to their jobs, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The city has mandated that public parking lots expand spaces for bicycles by 20% and refurbished paths that run along busy roads next to cars. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Pandemic pushes Colombians to commute by bicycle

By Manuel Rueda Sep. 04, 2020 09:38 AM EDT