Colombian Senator Armando Benedetti asked the government to open an investigation in response to allegations that Venezuelan security forces tortured Colombians they held in custody, Radio Caracol reported Wednesday. Four…
If peace talks with Colombia’s illegal armed groups were to be held, it would be the result of the success of the country’s security forces, said President Juan Manuel Santos…
Popayan’s Museum of Religious Art houses an impressive collection of religious works and has been an integral part of the city’s cultural heritage and famous Holy Week celebrations since its opening in…
The demobilization of neo-paramilitary groups in Colombia “risks going down as a failure,” said a report published Friday by the International Crisis Group (ICG), an NGO specializing in the prevention…
The Museum of Antioquia in Medellin on Thursday opened the exhibit of French artist ORLAN, entitled “ORLAN: carnal art or obsolete body.” For more than forty years, ORLAN has used…
Cartagena crowned Elida Patricia Castro as the city’s new beauty queen and this year’s representative to the National Beauty Contest, to be held in November, newspaper El Universal reported Friday.…
Cartagena’s mayor expressed concern over a proposal to move the Spanish consulate from the Caribbean coastal city to the central city of Medellin, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. Mayor Campo Elias…
Colombia’s minister of the interior ordered increased protection for the governor of Antioquia, Sergio Fajardo, who received death threats earlier this week, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. Interior Minister Federico Velez Renjifo…
Colombian Maria Emma Mejia finished her one-year term as secretary general of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) this week and said goodbye to their headquarters in Quito, Ecuador.…