Colombia’s federation of cattle ranchers, representing the country’s large land owners, on Friday rejected a recently made agrarian deal with the FARC that according to the agricultural businessmen includes Venezuela-like…
A report by the Human Rights Ombudsman has warned that children in poorer parts of Bogota are being recruited by drug traffickers, arms traffickers and pimps, some by force.
Colombia’s justice minister said Wednesday that judges closing prison doors to prevent further overcrowding only “generates chaos” in the country’s crisis-stricken prison system.
Extortionists continue carrying out armed attacks against businesses in the northern Colombian city of Barranquilla in spite of increased police presence.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday invited his Uruguayan counterpart Jose Mujica, a former left-wing guerrilla, to advise on ongoing peace talks between the FARC and the Colombian government.
Women’s rights supporters on Saturday marched through Bogota for the right of women to behave and dress as they like, drawing a thousand protestors. {japopup type=”image” content=”pics/2013/gallery/putax/1.jpg” title=”Candidates for International…
The National Electoral Council on Wednesday banned propaganda for a campaign for “blank votes” in a gubernatorial race heavily influenced by a hydroelectric dam project in southwest Colombia. A gubernatorial…
For 15 years a “peace community” in northwest Colombia has maintained neutrality in the country’s armed conflict, defiantly staying on their land despite ongoing battles between security forces, guerrillas, and…
The multinational gold mining company, AngloGold Ashanti, on Monday took legal action against a small town in central Colombia after its citizens allegedly prohibited the mining company’s employees’ freedom of…