A joint operation between Colombian, U.S. and Liberian authorities on Monday led to the dismantling of a Liberian drug-trafficking band thought to have ties with Colombian narco-kingpin “El Loco Barrera” and…
According to Colombia’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism, the number of tourists visiting the Andean nation has more than doubled during the presidency of Alvaro Uribe, reported Dinero.com on…
Colombian police stopped a total of 960 people for drunk driving this weekend in a period of just 36 hours, reported El Tiempo on Monday. According to a special report…
Testimony by a former member of Colombian guerrilla group the FARC reveals that for at least the last two decades the organization has developed “an extensive network” for smuggling drugs…
The Nicaraguan government on Friday granted asylum to Colombian Ruben Dario Granda, brother of fugitive FARC “foreign minister” Rodrigo Granda, reported Caracol radio. A statement released by the Nicaraguan chancellor, Samuel…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday announced a mission to rescue seven people kidnapped on Thursday by guerrillas in the country’s Nariño department, reports Colombian media. Uribe described the event…
Colombia’s interior minister, Fabio Valencia Cossio, on Friday proposed a bill to split the Interior and Justice Ministry into two separate bodies, reports El Espectador. Cossio presented the plan to…
According to Colombian statistics agency DANE, the country’s exports grew by over 26% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period last year, Portafolio reported Friday. In April,…
Bogota this weekend is hosting the 4th International Tattoo Convention – the country’s biggest celebration of tattooing and body art. Starting on Saturday the three day event will not only…