FARC release hostage video
Colombian guerrilla group the FARC have released a video of two hostages pleading with the government to carry out a “humanitarian exchange” of imprisoned guerrillas in return for the hostages’…
Colombian guerrilla group the FARC have released a video of two hostages pleading with the government to carry out a “humanitarian exchange” of imprisoned guerrillas in return for the hostages’…
Bullfighting in Colombia is popular but highly controversial; watched by the country’s upper classes, it is opposed by many people as a vicious, cowardly sport. Fights take place at arenas…
The Colombian government plans to buy nine Black Hawk helicopters from U.S.-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, to bolster a fleet that is already the world’s third-largest. The government will send an…
Medellin’s murder rate increased by 54.8% in the first three months of 2010 compared to the same period the previous year, with 503 reported homicides, according to a report released…
The Research Center for Popular Education and the Program for Peace (CINEP/PP) is disputing claims by presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos that the “false positives” scandal, over the army’s murder of civilians,…
A Colombian Catholic priest was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison Friday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old altar boy, according to Noticias Colombia. The court also ordered…
Colombian Prosecutor General Guillermo Medoza Diago asked the FBI for assistance with investigations into the alleged threats against and illegal DAS wiretapping of Supreme Court judges, reported El Tiempo Friday.…
Speaking at the Cartagena World Economic Forum, the CEO of beer brewer SABMiller announced that Colombia is now the company’s most profitable beer market worldwide, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The…
Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez Thursday offered to mediate in the case of eight Colombians detained in Venezuela on charges of espionage, after he obtains “adequate information” on the matter.…