Crime rises in Bogota: Survey
The number of Bogota residents who report being the victim of crime increased from 36% in the first half of 2009 to 45% in the same period in 2010, reports newspaper…
The number of Bogota residents who report being the victim of crime increased from 36% in the first half of 2009 to 45% in the same period in 2010, reports newspaper…
UNESCO is considering adding the Marimba music of Colombia’s southern Pacific coast and the legal system of the Wayuu indigenous people to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List.. The marimba, originally an…
Twenty alleged gang members of narco-kingpin Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias “Valenciano,” were captured by Colombia’s police. The detainees were arrested in various cities in Colombia during a large scale operation.…
Bogota‘s Department of Environment (SDA) on Thursday suspended a local Hyundai factory work due to pollution. The SDA claims that the company polluted water sources by dumbing hazerdous wast into…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office wants the OAS to revoke the diplomatic immunity of officials suspected of involvement in the misallocation of government agricultural subsidies. The authorities accuse staff from the…
A British man who was held hostage in Colombia seven years ago released a documentary on Wednesday about returning to the country to meet his kidnapper. Mark Henderson was visiting…
The Colombian department of Huila hopes that home-grown beauty Natalia Valenzuela Cutiva will win the Miss Colombia crown this year. Cutiva, who is 21, is 1.76 meters tall with vital statistics…
Valle del Cauca has seen 20 kidnappings this year, 9 more than the same period last year. According to a report by the National Fund for the Defence of Individual…
Ecuador wants to receive a new copy of the hard drives the Colombian armed forces allegedly found in the camp of deceased FARC leader “Raul Reyes,” or technical support to…