Bogota’s twelfth Ibero-American Theater Festival begins Friday March 19: a fortnight-long celebration of the performing arts, dedicated to the memory of the event’s founder Fanny Mikey. The festival, which has…
The president of Colombia’s Polo Democratico party, Jaime Dussan, announced his resignation Monday after his party’s disappointing results in Sunday’s congressional elections. Left-wing party Polo Democratico received little more than 7% of…
Panama and Colombia will officially begin negotiations Monday over the terms of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) planned for later this year. According to Colombia’s Ministry of Trade and…
A search is underway for a mysterious predator which has been attacking livestock in the central Colombian department of Boyaca. Concern has been mounting over the past month among rural…
Police revealed Friday that at least six different criminal organizations with a combined total of 3,700 members, some of them former paramilitaries, are currently operating in Colombia. Police General Jose…
A Colombia congresswoman who was arrested for suspected ties with paramilitaries was freed on Friday after a judge ruled that the legal time limit for the case had passed. According…
Former DMG director David Murcia Guzman on Friday declared himself innocent of all charges against him at the first hearing for his U.S. trial. The disgraced DMG tycoon, who is…
A Colombian man officially renamed himself Elvis Presley to pay homage to “the King,” who would have celebrated his 75th birthday on friday. Elmer Galindo, a 39-year-old former military serviceman…
The controversial “Bodies … The Exhibition” will open in Bogota on January 30, after ending its stint in Medellin on January 17. The highly popular but much-criticised exhibition involving the…