The National Police arrested a Mexican woman who was preparing to travel to her native country with three pounds of cocaine in her breast implants at the airport, informed authorities Thursday.
Groups formed from the AUC while the paramilitary group was demobilizing between 2003 and 2006 have taken over their predecessors’ position as the primary violators of human rights now in…
Colombia’s governing coalition in Congress is in crisis after two of the parties accused Vice-President German Vargas of illegally meddling in local elections to strengthen his political network ahead of the…
A court ruling that secured Colombia’s gay couples the right to adopt children is a “historic step towards equality,” according to gay rights activists. Christian groups said it lacks “respect for children.”
Colombia’s peace talks received a major blow from Congress after the Senate banned rebel group FARC’s possibility to take part in politics, one of the key agreements to ending half a…
A number of NGO’s on Wednesday demanded greater participation of civil society in ongoing peace talks between the government and the FARC, Colombia’s largest guerrilla group.
Colombia’s mayors are not updating the registries that connect the poorest populations to government funds — leaking subsidies to rich and dead persons instead of those living in poverty, according to the National…
Colombia is a country riddled with antipersonnel landmines, explosive remnants from the decades-long conflict, but according to a recent US report, there has been a “significant decline” in landmine victims.
Colombia’s Navy and Coast Guard said Tuesday they had rescued 35 tourists in a boat who found themselves adrift among high waves and harsh weather conditions.