The Colombian National Statistics Department (DANE) will conduct a study to determine changes in socio-economic conditions in urban centers around the country as part of a government plan to make…
Police seized 2,000 kilos of marijuana and arrested one person in a rural municipality in Colombia’s southern department of Cauca. Authorities found the drugs after several men threatened a police…
Seven main drug trafficking gangs operate in 21 departments throughout Colombia the Prosecutor General revealed Thursday. According to Radio Caracol the gangs “Los Rastrojos”, “Los Machos”, “Urabá”, “Los Paisas”, “Nueva…
The Colombian government Thursday authorized the Catholic Church to begin direct negotiations with the FARC over the liberation of hostages. Monsignor Dario Castrillon Hoyos announced that he had received authorization…
Colombia was left out a World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement between 15 developing and developed countries that will involve cutting tariffs by 20% and boosting trade. The agreement, which has…
The relatives of demobilized paramilitary bosses are picking up where their predecessors left off by forming new criminal groups, according to Colombian newspaper El Tiempo. Sons and nephews have inherited the…
A Senator alleges that the mafia is funding Congressmen’s political campaigns in the department of Risaralda and suggested the government finance politicians’ election campaigns to avoid this problem. According to…
The Prosecutor General announced that it will keep open 21 unresolved cases of crimes committed in the 1980s and 1990s by Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel. The crimes will be elevated…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe cancelled his attendance at the Latin American climate change summit in Brazil on Thursday due to health reasons, the Casa de Nariño announced Wednesday. In a…