Army apologizes for child murders
Colombian army commanders met Friday with the family of three children from the Arauca department who were allegedly murdered by a soldier, and issued an apology. Two generals spoke with…
Colombian army commanders met Friday with the family of three children from the Arauca department who were allegedly murdered by a soldier, and issued an apology. Two generals spoke with…
The brother of a mayor and the mother of a town councilor were kidnapped in the north-east Colombian Arauca department on Thursday and Friday, respectively, and taken to Venezuela. The…
Four people, reportedly from the indigenous Awa group, were massacred Thursday night in Colombia’s south-western Nariño department, El Espectador reported Friday. The motive of the murder is not yet known. The…
Colombia’s national police force celebrated its 119th anniversary Friday. In an interview with newspaper El Colombiano, metropolitan police commander Coronel Juan Pablo Guerrero, stated that “for the police, a year more…
Colombia’s government on Thursday slammed Dutch FARC guerrilla Tanja Nijmeijer’s statement that she does not want to be rescued, and will fight “until I win or die.” Minister of Defence, Rodrigo…
Colombia ranks 79th in the UNDP Human Development Index, lower than neighboring nations Venezuela and Ecuador. The Human Development Index (HDI) is part of a report that measures inequality, gender…
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega on Thursday accused Colombia of encouraging Costa Rica to take over his country’s San Juan River. The president stated, “I have to say this very frankly,…
President Juan Manuel Santos petitioned Colombia’s military, Wednesday, to support the police in the fight agains criminal gangs. Santos made this announcement in light of the alleged cooperation of criminal…
Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, on Tuesday celebrated its 335th birthday with a program of events, including music, theater, and a kite show. The city has received 60,000 presents so…