Chilean sculptor Francisco Gazitua will construct a monument to the victims of Colombia’s paramilitaries out of 18,000 weapons handed in during the process of demobilization, reports El Tiempo. Forty-five tons of…
The incoming Santos administration intends to end the weekly community council meetings of the Uribe era, which attempted to gauge the needs of different regions of the country, and instead…
The FARC’s supreme leader, Alfonso Cano, was sentenced in absentia to 40 years in prison for the killing of five policemen and a civilian at an illegal roadblock in May 1995,…
Colombian superstar Juanes has made it on to a list of the top twenty music icons of the last 50 years, alongside such illustrious names as Bob Marley, Elvis Presley and Aretha…
A public prosecutor in Cucuta, in Colombia’s Norte de Santander department, asked paramilitaries to disguise young people as AUC members in order to improve the prosecution’s arrest statistics, according to…
Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva announced tight security measures for the inauguration of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos on August 7, with intelligence units and fighter jets on hand to combat potential threats,…
Bogota is set to host yet another major metal band as Cradle of Filth announce a Colombian late addition to their South American tour in December. Considered Britain’s most successful…
European Union (E.U.) Ambassador to Colombia Fernando Cardessa said Tuesday that the recent decision by Venezuela to break diplomatic ties with Colombia was an unjustified breach of obligations in the fight against…
Hugo Albeiro Quintero, alias “El Patron de Bello,” who was one of the Medellin underworld’s most powerful figures before his arrest in 2008, could be released after the time limit on…