Army kills 9 FARC guerrillas in Caqueta
Nine FARC guerrillas were killed during a battle in a mountainous area in the southern department of Caqueta by the Colombian Air Force and Joint Task Force OMEGA, which was…
Nine FARC guerrillas were killed during a battle in a mountainous area in the southern department of Caqueta by the Colombian Air Force and Joint Task Force OMEGA, which was…
Colombia’s incoming foreign minister, Maria Angela Holguin, says that normalizing relations with Venezuela will be a priority of the Santos government, reports Caracol. “We believe in an approach of dialogue…
A ringleader of the infamous “Los Rastrojos” gang known as “R-9” was captured in Pasto, in the Nariño department. The government had offered a COP150 million ($80,000) reward for information…
The Medellin International Poetry Festival, which is the largest of its kind in the world, opens today with more than 100 poets from 58 countries bringing their different perspectives to…
The annual Locumental Documentary Festival opened on Colombia’s Caribbean coast on July 1, and for the first time includes educational events for children. This is the festival’s third outing, after…
Ecuadorean Security Minister Miguel Carvajal said Thursday that allegations that Colombian security agency DAS spied on Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa and other officials is “so far just a newspaper story.”…
U.S. President Barack Obama expressed his desire to reignite the stalled free trade agreement with Colombia, and stay true to his State of the Union speech vow to double U.S. exports…
At least twelve local governments in the central Colombian department of Tolima financed now-demobilized paramilitary organization the AUC, according to a statement by former paramilitary Ricaurte Soria Ortiza, reports El…
A judge ordered the Colombian Catholic church to pay COP 600 million ($315,000) in compensation to the family of the victims, in the case of a priest who killed his lover…