Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, launched a series of attacks after ending their two-month unilateral ceasefire. The first attack took place in the northern Norte de Santander department, where guerrilla…
Colombia’s economic success is not dependent on the outcome of the ongoing FARC-government peace negotiations, said the country’s finance minister, Mauricio Cardenas, on Friday. “The economy is going very well…
Colombian police claimed to have captured over 1,600 members of illegal armed groups during 2012, local media reported on Friday. Police said that out of more than 1,600 arrests, 684…
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, ELN, allegedly kidnapped three foreigners and two Colombians in northern Colombia. Caracol Radio initially reported that the foreigners, employees of an oil or mining company…
The Colombian peso on Wednesday reached a three-week high against the US dollar as a new tax cut is expected to entice foreign investors to buy up Colombian debt. According…
Colombia president Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday said that agreements achieved in the peace process with the country’s largest rebel group FARC, could be “popularly approved” but not through a…
The extradited leader of the defunct paramilitary group AUC, accused a former governor of having links to paramilitaries and of aiding the founders of “Los Pepes” — the notorious…
The prestigious Houston Symphony elected their fist ever Latin American music director, 35-year-old Colombian Andres Orozco-Estrada. According to the Houston Chronicle, the 35-year-old Medellin native wil take over the symphonic orchestra…
The Colombian government wants to double the size of the Chiribiquete national park in southeastern Colombia to 11,580 square miles. The park, located in the Amazonas department, is home to…