Colombia’s Prosecutor General charged demobilized paramilitary leader Freddy Rendon, alias “El Aleman” with the 1999 kidnapping of Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba. The prosecution alleges that El Aleman, who led the…
In recognition of August 9th’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, the United Nation’s High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) warns that many of Colombia’s indigenous groups are in danger…
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Monday with in an interview with W Radio that his country is disposed to re-establish ties with Colombia, now that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos…
Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced that he will receive Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in Brazil’s capital city Brasilia on September 1. Lula said he hoped that the visit…
Buses services in certain areas of the Colombian departments of Meta, Guaviare and Arauca are suspended due to threats from guerrilla group the FARC. Luis Eduardo Ataya Arias, governor of…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon was rushed to hospital Monday morning with chest pains but did not suffer a heart attack, despite media reports to the contrary. Garzon left his…
Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba will present to South American regional group UNASUR a peace proposal that includes guerrilla groups the FARC and the ELN, and demobilized paramilitary group the AUC. Cordoba’s…
Colombian super-star Juanes said Sunday via Twittercam that the diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Venezuela “hurts a lot” and that the two nations should remain brothers “forever.” “It hurts me…
In retaliation to insults from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Tweeted Sunday that the socialist leader should “stop being a coward.” “I notify President Hugo Chavez…