Miners from northern Colombia suspend strike
Miners from one of Colombia’s most important gold mining regions said they have suspended a strike they went on more than a month ago. According to a representatives of the…
Miners from one of Colombia’s most important gold mining regions said they have suspended a strike they went on more than a month ago. According to a representatives of the…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office urged the government to protect the lives of community leaders and rights defenders ahead of local elections that are set for October. In a press statement,…
ELN guerrillas killed at least nine soldiers in an attack on an army base in northeast Colombia, according to the military. Another nine soldiers were injured in the attack that…
The United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Colombian counterpart on Monday, Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva, to kick off high-level talks on bilateral issues. The two-day negotiations…
Farmers from multiple parts of Colombia say cocaine sales have collapsed after a surge in the production of the illicit drug. In an interview, coca farmers’ representative Leidy Diaz told…
Armed conflict in Colombia forcibly displaced more than 180,000 people last year, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC’s annual report on Colombia said that…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered the security forces to resume attacks against paramilitary organization AGC. In a message posted on social media website Twitter, Petro said that “we…
Rescue workers ended rescue efforts in central Colombia after recovering the bodies of 21 miners who were killed in underground explosions. Two miners were rescued alive on Wednesday in an…
At least 11 miners died and another ten were reported trapped after a series of explosions in a mine in central Colombia. The accident took place in Sutatausa, a municipality…