Govt visits Choco as guerrillas maintain their siege
Colombian Interior Minister German Vargas visited western department of Choco Thursday, which has been shut down by guerrillas for the past week. Choco residents have been unable to travel freely…
Colombian Interior Minister German Vargas visited western department of Choco Thursday, which has been shut down by guerrillas for the past week. Choco residents have been unable to travel freely…
Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group the ELN presented the government with an ultimatum regarding oil company attacks, on their website Monday. In the press release the ELN’s Eastern Guerrilla Front…
Brazil’s second largest bank Itau reported has been authorizated to open an office in Colombia, said international financial media Wednesday. Itau is currently Brazil’s most profitable and second largest bank…
Protesters have blocked oil truck routes in several towns in Colombia’s central eastern Casanare department for more than a week, said local media Wednesday. Rodolfo Jose Gonzalez, spokesman for oil company PetroMadgalena, said…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos arrived in Cuba Wednesday to discuss Cuba’s participation in next month’s Summit of the Americas (SOA). Santos met Cuba’s president Raul Castro Wedesday morning and…
A former paramilitary commander has accused Bogota’s Government Secretary of helping Pablo Escobar influence the creation of Colombia’s 1991 constitution, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. Government Secretary Antonio Navarro was one…
Former Colombian Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio should be excluded from an inquiry into paramilitary infiltration of the Prosecutor General’s office during Osorio’s tenure, his lawyer said Tuesday. Lawyer Jaime…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos swore in interim Prosecutor General Martha Lucia Zamora Tuesday, said a government press release. Zamora took over for Viviane Morales who was removed last week over…
Colombians marched Tuesday to protest the lack of security for land theft victims and their leaders, reported local media. Demonstrations took place in at least 20 cities throughout Colombia, protesting…