The chief of staff to ex-President Alvaro Uribe, Bernardo Moreno, is called as a witness in an investigation against the politician’s son Tomas Uribe, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. Along with…
The Colombian government withdrew its proposal to raise the retirement age Thursday. “The government considers it an act of responsibility to future generations to raise a reform that guarantees the…
Released FARC hostage Marcos Baquero has given his first interview since being returned to his family, media reported Thursday. Baquero spoke of the deplorable environment in which he was kept,…
Marcos Baquero, the first of five FARC hostages to be released this week, sees his family for the first time in 19 months in the town of Villavicencio, reports Caracol Radio.…
The Medellin River, which runs through Colombia’s second largest city, continues to be the site of grisly discoveries with four corpses found so far this year, according to a report…
The first of five FARC hostage has been successfully rescued and is on his way to Villavicencio airport, peace advocate group Colombians for Peace announced. Marcos Baquero, a former councilman…
The Colombian government suspends the approval of new mining licenses until June due to high application levels and safety concerns, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. During a visit to the mining…
Mediator Piedad Cordoba arrives in Colombia after torrential rain delayed her departure from Brazil, where she collected helicopters and pilots for the FARC hostage release mission, reports El Tiempo. “Now we…
Prominent FARC leader Jesus “El Pajaro” Morales Morales, who was active in the north-west of the Antioquia department, has given himself up to the armed forces, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. Defense Minister…