The directors of ANNCOL and two other news organizations sympathetic to the FARC asked the Swedish government for protection on Thursday, in response to “threats” from the Colombian president. The…
Seven soldiers were sentenced on Thursday to 24 years in prison for the murder of four civilians in 2006. The sentences, which are legally mandated to be 40 years, were…
The director of newspaper El Colombiano became the center of controversy this week when she was revealed to be a recipient of a government agricultural subsidy.
Colombia’s inspector general (IG) on Tuesday legally advised the Constitutional Court to approve a referendum that enables Uribe to run for a third term. The non-binding statement by Inspector…
An astronaut of Colombian decent, George Zamka, will command a NASA flight aboard space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station on February 7. The mission, which is set to…
A Colombian judge on Thursday ordered the release of seventeen soldiers implicated in the extrajudicial killings of eleven young men from Soacha in 2008. Defense lawyers petitioned the judge for…
Colombian prosecutors requested that international police organization Interpol detain a Colombian citizen in Switzerland, who they accuse of being the FARC’s ambassador to the country. The suspect, Omar Arturo Zabala,…
Ongoing freezing temperatures have damaged 30% of Colombia’s flower production, announced the Association of Colombian Flower Growers on Wednesday. The loss was predominately caused by the freezing temperatures plaguing the…
Six Tolima students were reported missing Wednesday after failing to return from a New Years camping trip to Nevado del Tolima, in central Colombia. Another camper has been missing in…