Katharina Wecker

The notorious municipality near Medellin, Envigado, bans panhandling from its streets. In return, the homeless will receive food, baths, medicine and psychological treatment. Envigado is the first municipality of Colombia…

Colombia authorities have seized almost US$1 billion from drug traffickers, paramilitaries, guerrillas and organized crimes in the last eleven years, La W radio reported Friday. The police, the CTI, the…

Colombia’s Inspector General suspended the governor of Putumayo for three months for alleged embezzlement, local media reported Friday. Governor Felipe Guzman allegedly embezzled a contract for educational services in Putumayo.…

Unknown men assassinated an indigenous governor of the Embera ethnic group in Cordoba, the Indigenous Association of Northern Cauca (ACIN) reported Thursday. The ACIN denounced and rejected the killing of…

Fourteen children of an indigenous tribe have died because of malnutrition in Sierra Nevada near Santa Marta in the past few days. The latest victim was a 11-months-old baby. The…

Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician who was released from FARC captivity one year ago, called Thursday on Colombia’s Government not “to play” with the liberation of FARC hostages.  The former…

Colombia Health authorities raised the number of confirmed cases of AH1N1, or Swine flu, to 143 Thursday after another five people were confirmed to have the virus. The announcement comes…

Piedad Cordoba is only authorized to receive political FARC hostages and can to participate in negotiations with the rebel group, Colombia’s Interior Minister emphasized Thursday. Interior Minister Fabio Valencia requested…