Colombian markets picked up early Monday as European policymakers and the International Monetary Fund pledged €750 billion ($963.28 billion) in aid for heavily indebted countries, reports The Wall Street Journal. European…
Colombian students are more likely to have smoked marijuana, taken synthetic drugs, used cocaine or drunk alcohol than students in Bolivia, Ecuador or Peru, reports El Tiempo. Around 27% of…
Sex-starved Colombian inmates will be disappointed by a new State Council order banning pornography from prisons, reports El Tiempo. The council ruled that, while each inmate has the right to…
Colombia is emerging as a major gold producer as the national Institute of Geology and Mining announces that the country’s gold production will double in the next two years, reports…
Colombian police discovered four kilos of cocaine intended for export Europe concealed in vials containing duck embryos, reports El Espectador. The embryos, used to regenerate cells in treatment of cancer,…
The seizure of $15 million in contraband in the port of Buenaventura, on Colombia’s Pacific coast, is the largest seizure the police have ever made in a single operation, reports…
Authorities at Bogota’s La Picota jail find it increasingly difficult to accommodate Colombian Congress members accused of “parapolitics,” because the prison is running out of space, reports RCN Radio. Colombia’s…
Polish Chancellor Radoslaw Sikorski said on a visit to Colombia that democracies should work together to combat terrorism, and received condolences from President Alvaro Uribe and Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez over…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says that although he cannot give advice to his successor, he will make the transition with all the necessary decency, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. Speaking to…