Banana workers to strike
99% of union workers from 296 banana plantation voted to strike in the municipalities of Apartadó, Carepa, Chigorodó and Turbo. Guillermo Rivera Zapata, the president of Sintrainagro, the agricultural industry’s…
99% of union workers from 296 banana plantation voted to strike in the municipalities of Apartadó, Carepa, Chigorodó and Turbo. Guillermo Rivera Zapata, the president of Sintrainagro, the agricultural industry’s…
An avalanche devastated the town of San Juan in the Caribbean department of Cordoba early Thursday morning. Local media reported between four and nine people are missing and 20 to…
Extradited ex-paramilitary boss ‘Don Berna’ was sentenced to 31 years in jail by a U.S. judge on charges of exporting cocaine to the U.S. Diego Fernando ‘Don Berna’ Murillo, who…
Colombian brand Aguardiente Antioqueño won a gold medal in the Fourth International Rum Festival held in Florida in the U.S. The liquor was competing against 53 other spirits, 51 of…
Colombian jewelers have been commissioned to make the official ring for the World Cup in South Africa in 2010. The jewelers from the department of Santander won the contract through…
A scientist for the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change voiced his concern over the effect that climate change is having on Colombia. Scientist Germán Poveda said that agricultural expansion and…
A Judicial Attorney ruled that the DNA test proving that the ‘Monster of Mariquita’ is the biological father of a woman he is accused of raping and fathering eight children…
Colombian Prosecutor General Mario Iguarán said that the DAS wire tapping case “omits a stench”. Iguarán, who is personally leading the investigation into illegal wiretapping by the secret service DAS,…
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez will meet with Pope Benedicto XVI in Italy later this month. Minister for International Relations Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde said that they will “discuss in detail…