Santiago Giraldo defeated Germany’s Michael Berrer Wednesday, and advanced to the quarter-finals of the UNICEF tournament. The Colombian beat Berrer in straight sets 7-6 (8-6) 6-3. A tight first set…
Human rights leaders have said they continue to receive death threats from gangs and are calling on the Colombian government for protection. The latest threat was sent by the “Aguilas…
Bucaramanga, the capital of the north-central Colombian department of Santander, was hit by two earthquakes Tuesday. Colombia’s Institute of Mines and Minerology (Ingeominas) reported the first earthquake at 12:55PM. The…
Former DAS Director Maria del Pilar Hurtado was asked Tuesday to submit a testimony to a Colombian investigation team regarding the Uribe wiretap scandal. Hurtado fled Colombia in 2010 and…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has asked to revoke the 30-year conviction of Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega, after a key witness in the Palace of Justice case asserted that his testimony…
Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo is the only Latin American tennis player to make it past the first round in the UNICEF Open. Giraldo advanced to the second round after beating American…
Colombians who are displaced by violence cannot be obliged to provide military service, a court ruled Monday. The court came to the ruling in the case of a young man…
The director for the National Institute of Concessions (INCO) resigned Monday after hitting a pedestrian while allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. According to Caracol Radio, Maria Ines Agudelo…
Colombia’s National Health Institute dismissed Monday any link between the E. coli bacteria found in Colombia and the strain that has thus far caused 35 deaths in Europe. The director…