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The Keralty group announces that it can take action to recover the administration of Sanitas in Colombia
The group of Spanish origin Keralty, owner of the health provider (EPS) Sanitas, intervened on Tuesday by the Colombian Government, announced on Thursday that it is weighing the actions to be taken to recover the administration of the company because it considers the measure “arbitrary” and “illegal”.
“We strongly and forcefully reject the arbitrary intervention of our EPS because it is improvised, illegal, disproportionate and discriminatory,” Keralty says in a statement.
The group recalls that Sanitas has investments that support its technical reserves “for a value of more than 800 billion pesos” (about 193 million euros).
“We are analyzing the actions to be taken to stop the arbitrariness of the act of intervention, recovering the administration of EPS Sanitas for the benefit of our affiliates, collaborators and the country,” Keralty says in the statement.
The intervention for a period of one year was announced by the Superintendence of Health alleging the alleged insolvency of Sanitas, which has 5.8 million members in Colombia, and debts of more than two billion pesos (483 million euros today). But Keralty assures that the financial sustainability situation of the EPS is caused “largely by the same Government.”
That’s because it does not do “responsible analyses on issues such as the insufficiency of the UPC (Captation Payment Unit),” which is the annual value that is recognized by each of the members of the general security system, “the concentration of risk per member and the non-recognition of the accumulated debt.”
According to Keralty, those problems were alerted “opportunely” and in multiple scenarios to the Ministry of Health and other institutions, “without finding solutions,” and adds that last December Sanitas herself presented to the Superintendence of Health “an institutional reorganization plan on which there was no decision.”
As for the complaints about the service provided to users that the Government argues, Keralty assures that this indicator is “similar to the average of the sector” and not higher than the national average, as stated by the Superintendence of Health.
Keralty was born as a Sanitas International Organization 50 years ago in Spain, focusing its activity on the health sector and also has operations in Colombia, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
The statement adds that the intervention in Sanitas “may compromise the provision of the service to our 5.8 million affiliates and drastically changes the rules of the game for companies that bet on the country.”
In addition to Sanitas, the Colombian Government intervened on Wednesday by the New EPS, the largest company in the sector in the country, which has 10.9 million members.
These interventions have received harsh criticism from some sectors, which consider them an attempt by the Government to forcibly impose its health reform, after the bill presented to Congress definitively collapsed yesterday in the Seventh Committee of the Senate.
“What the same Congress is telling us is that the EPS are broken, now it’s up to us to solve it; what could be a quiet, orderly, trouble-free agreement, to make the transition, now it’s all at once,” Colombian President Gustavo Petro said last night about the changes he seeks to make in the health sector.
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Trump floats Vance-Rubio potential Republican ticket for 2028 election
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubiocould potentially form a Republican presidential ticket for the 2028 elections.
Speaking during a dinner with law enforcement officials as part of National Police Week, Trump publicly praised both officials and said they could make “an ideal team” for the next presidential race.
“Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio?” Trump asked attendees before adding that the pair “sound like a good combination.”
The president highlighted his vice president’s performance in office, stating that their current partnership has been highly effective. “JD is perfect, that has been a perfect formula,” Trump told reporters later.
He further suggested that a Vance-Rubio pairing could represent a strong presidential and vice-presidential ticket, although he stopped short of offering any formal endorsement.
“I think it sounds like a presidential candidate and a vice-presidential candidate,” he said, while clarifying that his remarks should not be interpreted as an official backing of any future campaign.
So far, neither Vance nor Rubio has publicly confirmed any intention to run in the 2028 presidential election.
Rubio previously sought the Republican nomination in 2016 but withdrew after losing the primary race to Trump. Later, in a December 2025 interview with Vanity Fair, he said he would be among the first to support Vance if he decided to run for the White House.
Vance, meanwhile, has recently dismissed speculation of any political rivalry with Rubio amid growing discussion about potential future GOP leadership.
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Russia Accuses Ukraine of Violating Victory Day Truce
Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating a Victory Day truce that was reportedly agreed with mediation from the United States, claiming that Ukrainian forces carried out attacks on Russian territory as well as on the annexed Crimean peninsula.
Despite the declared ceasefire, the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Ukrainian forces attacked Russian military positions using attack drones and artillery.
According to the ministry, Ukrainian forces made twelve attempts to advance toward Russian-held positions across several sectors of the front line.
It also alleged that Ukrainian strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in Crimea, several border regions, the Caucasus, and other areas including Moscow and Perm in the Ural region.
The Defense Ministry estimated around 8,900 violations of the ceasefire in total, including more than 7,000 drone attacks and over 1,000 strikes involving tanks, artillery, multiple rocket launch systems, and mortars since the truce came into effect at midnight.
Russia said its forces responded “symmetrically” to what it described as violations by Ukrainian troops.
Earlier, the Kremlin denied claims that Ukraine attempted to sabotage a military parade in Red Square marking the 81st anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
“No attempts were made. Everything went well,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told local media.
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Trump Says U.S.-Iran Talks Progressing, Signals Possible Deal on Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Washington is holding “very good” talks with Iran and stated that there is a strong possibility of reaching an agreement to end the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
“We’ve had very good conversations over the last 44 hours, and it’s very possible that we’ll reach an agreement,” Trump said during an event held in the Oval Office at the White House.
The president’s remarks came just hours after he announced a temporary suspension of the military operation aimed at escorting vessels stranded in the Persian Gulf due to Iran’s blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Trump explained that the pause in operations is intended to facilitate diplomatic negotiations between both sides and prevent further military escalation in the region.
“We’re in good shape, and right now things are going well. Now we have to achieve what we need to achieve. If we don’t, we’ll have to go much further,” the Republican president warned.
In a post published on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump reiterated that if Iran accepts Washington’s proposed conditions, military operations and the naval blockade affecting the Islamic republic would come to an end.
However, he also issued a new warning to the Iranian government, stating that the United States would respond with attacks “of greater intensity” if Tehran rejects the agreement promoted by the White House.
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