Colombia’s Victims and Land Restitution Law has achieved little in a year and a half and the government’s protection program leaves people vulnerable, said a land restitution leader on Wednesday.…
The mayor of Bogota on Monday launched a plan to remove all horse-drawn vehicles from the streets of Colombia’s capital city. The streets of Bogota could soon be horse and…
The Director of Colombia’s Family Welfare Unit on Tuesday said that a case will be brought against the father of a kidnapped and rescued baby if the mother indeed became…
Lawyers for Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe, have accused a congressman of “irregularites” in collecting testimony regarding the ex-president’s alleged paramilitary ties. David Espinosa, one of Uribe’s lawyers, told Colombia’s…
The Secretary of State for Latin America said Tuesday that the U.S. is standing by to assist the peace process in Colombia. The Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson talking to…
An environmental lawyer who has already helped several towns ban mining in their territory, on Monday said he will help create a provincial assembly in western Colombia with more powers…
Three young people aged 15 to 17 walked into a minefield near their northwest Colombia village, leaving one dead and two wounded, reported local media Monday. Diomedes Chavarria, a young…
A Colombian court has ruled that the state must pay over $500,000 to displaced families for failure to protect them from paramilitaries, reported local media Monday. The judicial body, the…
The ten alleged drug traffickers slain in western Colombia on Friday may have been involved in a gang war between the “La Empresa” and “Los Urabeños” drug gangs, claimed police…