Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said the Washington Post was penetrated by criminals, after the U.S. newspaper printed allegations by a former police major that the president’s brother Santiago Uribe led…
Twelve properties and COP1.3 billion in cash ($660,000) were confiscated from former paramilitaries by Colombian authorities, to compensate victims via the Justice and Peace process, reports El Tiempo. At the…
Colombian weekly news magazine, Semana, in conjunction with the politics department at Rosario University, asked the presidential candidates what policies they had in store for the estimated four million Colombians living abroad.…
Former Colombian beauty queen and alleged drug trafficking mastermind, Angie Sanclemente, denies any involvement with a drug smuggling ring, following her arrest at a hostel in Buenos Aires, Argentina Wednesday, reports El Nuevo…
Heavy downpours continue to ravage Colombia, prompting Interior Minister, Fabio Valencia Cossio to call on local and regional authorities to implement contingency plans to deal with the torrential weather, reports…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s office will open a pre-investigation into allegations by former police major, Juan Carlos Meneses that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s brother led a paramilitary “death squad” known…
The Central Bank of Colombia confirmed its benchmark interest rate is to remain at the record low of 3% following April’s shock half-point drop, reports Caracol Radio. The decision came…
A leader of the infamous “Office of Envigado” gang escaped from house arrest in Bogota, according to Colombian prison authority, INPEC, although officials claim not to know the date of…
Presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos stressed in an interview Wednesday that he is “not Uribe,” and that if Colombians are “tired of a certain governing style, they can relax.” Despite…