Ban on Bullfighting Lifted In Colombian Capital

In Colombia's capital, a ban on bullfighting was lifted by the country's highest court which ruled that the prohibition violated the right to artistic expression .

In Colombia's capital, a ban on bullfighting was lifted by the country's highest court which ruled that the prohibition violated the "right to artistic expression".

Mayor Gustavo Petro, a former leftist congressman and guerrilla fighter, had barred bullfighting nearly two years ago on grounds it was cruel to the animals.

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But the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the ban violated "the right to artistic expression" by people who loved this tradition that was "legally regulated."

Colombians are among the most avid fans of bullfighting in Latin America and the court ruling followed a suit filed by a company that organizes bullfights in Bogota.

The city government now has six months to resume bullfights.

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In December 2012 Petro had rescinded a contract that allowed bullfights in Bogota's bull ring called La Santamaria -- one of the most important such arenas in Colombia.

Debate on violence in bullfighting has been raging in recent years in Spain and across Latin America.

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Catalans are going to show they are not amused when the local parliament votes on whether to ban the practice of bullfighting, and if it does so, the practice would get its death blow in Spain.

In 2011 the Ecuadoran capital Quito held a referendum in which it was decided bulls could be fought but not put to death in the arena.

In 2010 Spain's Catalonia region, the capital of which is Barcelona, banned bullfights altogether, although it had only one arena left that still staged them.

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While animal-rights activists are severely attacking against bullfights, food banks in southern France defended a decision to accept meat from bulls brutally killed in local bullfights.

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Ban on Bullfighting Lifted In Colombian Capital

In Colombia's capital, a ban on bullfighting was lifted by the country's highest court which ruled that the prohibition violated the right to artistic expression .