FARC hostage promoted to colonel
Edgar Yesid Duarte Valero, a Colombian police officer who has been in FARC captivity for eleven years, was on Friday promoted to the rank of colonel, reports Colombian media. The…
Edgar Yesid Duarte Valero, a Colombian police officer who has been in FARC captivity for eleven years, was on Friday promoted to the rank of colonel, reports Colombian media. The…
The United States removed five Colombians from a blacklist of drug traffickers banned from doing business with American companies and individuals. The deletions include Alfonso Bueno Guerrero, who was added…
Colombian Peace Commissioner Frank Pearl said Friday that he felt it was a “shame” that opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba uses her credibility with the FARC for “political purposes,” reports Colombian…
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa once again said that diplomatic relations with Colombia could not be fixed until he was given information about the contents of the computers seized during the…
Wold Cup fever has erupted around the globe and although Colombia just missed out on making it to the competition, the Andean nation still has representatives in South Africa. And…
Bogota police reported on Thursday that a large sack containing a human body was thrown from a vehicle close to the city’s Metropolitan police station, reported Colombian media. The incident…
Buses in the western Colombian city of Cali are at a stand still for the second consecutive day due to driver strikes, reported Colombian media. The strike, which began Wednesday,…
Colombia’s central city of Medellin will host La Francachela – a gastronomic and cultural event held in a beautiful, natural surrounding – over the fathers’ day weekend. The three-day event…
Colombia saw widespread protests on Wednesday against President Alvaro Uribe’s recent criticisms of decisions made by the Supreme Court, reported Colombian media. The protests, which were organized by Colombia’s National…