Labor and unemployment
Colombia has traditionally had of the highest unemployment rates in the hemisphere, which has worsened over the past few years.
Colombia has traditionally had of the highest unemployment rates in the hemisphere, which has worsened over the past few years.
Colombian politician Luis Perez is the former governor of the Antioquia province who has never been far from controversy. Tweets by Luis_Perez_G Locals call the Medellin native “Luis XV” because…
The “Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia” (AGC), a.k.a. “Clan del Golfo” or “Gulf Clan, is Colombia’s most powerful paramilitary group that controls most the country’s drug trade.
Multiple illegal armed groups that carry out violent attacks against civilians, security forces, and oil infrastructure are active throughout Colombia. The following maps indicate where think tank Indepaz registered and verified…
Colombia is the world’s #1 producer of cocaine, according to both the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United States’ Department of State. While nobody exactly…
Luciano Marin, a.k.a. “Ivan Marquez,” is the commander of “Segunda Marquetalia,” one of the largest guerrilla groups that was formed after the demobilization of the FARC in 2017. The guerrilla-turned-politician-turned-guerrilla…
Luis Carlos Sarmiento is Colombia’s richest man and an increasingly controversial figure over his companies’ involvement in corruption and malpractice scandals. Sarmiento was born in 1933 in Bogota to a…