Uribe: New optimism about US FTA
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe said Thursday his optimism about a speedy passage of the pending U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) has been renewed, according to an official press release from…
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe said Thursday his optimism about a speedy passage of the pending U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) has been renewed, according to an official press release from…
Colombia’s news media is dominated by a handful of powerful families, with deep connections to the political elite. La Silla Vacia is a new politics website which has placed…
Colombian police chief General Oscar Naranjo confirms UN allegations of illicit ties between policemen and narco-trafficking gangs in Medellin, the European Press Agency reported Thursday. In an interview with RCN…
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) included Colombia in a list of countries that need to improve their protection of human rights, in a report released Thursday. The report,…
Two people were killed and three injured when a small plane crashed in the central Colombian department of Meta, according to local officials. The single-engine plane took off from the…
With Colombia’s winter in full force, record-breaking rainfall continues to drench the country, leaving three people dead in the Huila and Cundinamarca departments. In the central department of Cundinamarca, in…
The Bogota Mayor’s office, in conjunction with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will host a two-day international conference on urban security in the Colombian capital city from April 15 to 16.…
The drug-trafficking gang “Los Rastrojos” is working to infiltrate national politics, according to an article published Tuesday by Colombian electoral analysis website Votebien. According to Votebien, Los Rastrojos, who many…
Former FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo said at a press conference on Monday that he snubbed Colombian President Alvaro Uribe following his release because to thank the president would have…