Scandal-ridden political party PIN (Partido de Integracion Nacional) announced on Wednesday that it plans to become more visible in the second round of Colombia’s presidential elections and support a candidate, reports…
Colombia’s pending free trade agreement (FTA) with Canada moved another step forward after the Canadian Parliament’s international trade committee voted 7 to 3 in favor of the deal, reports El…
The head of the National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (NRRC) said that reparations made to victims by demobilized paramilitaries under Colombia’s Justice and Peace process have been “absolutely insufficient,” reports…
Despite pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into infrastructure and a global marketing campaign, Colombia is likely to miss its ambitious target of four million foreign visitors in 2010, the…
The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers spoke on Wednesday to the UN Human Rights Council about the scandal of politicians’ links to paramilitary…
The president of Colombia’s Supreme Court, Jaime Arrubla, called on President Alvaro Uribe to substantiate his allegations, after the president accused an unnamed “higher body” of pressuring a judge to order…
Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa said Tuesday that, like Colombian presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos, he hopes for good relations between the neighbor nations, but added that actions speak louder than…
Following a disappointing performance in the May 30 presidential elections, Colombia’s Conservative Party is in disarray as its two most prominent members, Andres Felipe Arias and failed presidential candidate Noemi Sanin, trade accusations…
Heavy rainfall across Colombia has harmed almost 6,000 people this week, bringing the total number of people battered by the country’s rainy season, flooding, overflowing rivers and landslides to 90,000,…