Motley crew brings peace between battling Medellin gangs
A mixed group of characters has secretly negotiated an indefinite peace deal between Medellin's warring crime factions.
Read more...Homicide up 16% in 2009: forensics agency
The homicide rate in Colombia rose by 16% in 2009 compared to the previous year, national forensics agency Medicina Legal found in its annual report.
Cartagena to increase security spending
Cartagena will invest $6 million into its metropolitan police force in an effort to increase security in the coastal Colombian city.
Uribe denounces state agency's ties to drug traffickers
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Monday alleged that members of the National Narcotics Directorate, as well as other government authorities, are involved in the country's illegal drug trafficking trade.
Saving Colombia’s imperfect healthcare system
Colombia has been having its own healthcare debate. If you have been reading Colombia Reports, you will know that two weeks ago the Uribe administration issued a series of highly controversial decrees on reforming Colombia’s healthcare system.
Read more...Colombia's largest cinema complex to open in Bogota
March will see the opening of Colombia's largest cinema complex in the country's capital, announced the president of Cine Colombia, Munir Falah.
Read more...Lonely Planet, NY Times name Colombia a top travel destination
Some of the world's most renowned travel publications recognized Colombia as a top tourist destination.
Read more...Miss Colombia refuses nose job
Miss Colombia, Natalia Navarro, refuses a nose job to correct what some in her home country have nastily dubbed her "eagle break," she told RCN television this weekend.
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