Militant group send multiple death threats to political opponents
Several politicians and human rights lawyers said Tuesday that they have received death threats from paramilitary group the Black Eagles (Aguilas Negras).
Several politicians and human rights lawyers said Tuesday that they have received death threats from paramilitary group the Black Eagles (Aguilas Negras).
The Colombian Peso (COP) continued it’s downward spiral reaching 2,060 pesos to one US Dollar Monday, according to radio station Caracol Radio.
Addressing Colombia’s foreign diplomats, President Juan Manuel Santos thanked the international community Monday for its support of ongoing peace talks between the nation’s government and the rebel group FARC.
One-hundred and seventy-three families from Colombia’s northern Cesar state agreed to a relocation program with multinational mining corporations, local media reported Monday.
The Villahermosa prison in the city of Cali has become Colombia’s most overcrowded prison as it has a 1677 inmate capacity now accommodates 4700 prisoners, reported newspaper El Pais.
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry signed a six-page decree last week, which refined current immigration laws to address refugees, and reaffirmed the government’s power regarding the “entry, stay, and departure of foreigners.”
Patriotic March (Marcha Patriotica) founder and former Senator Piedad Cordoba took to Colombian media outlets Monday to denounce the latest in a series of political assassinations targeting members of her…
Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos will sit down with other state leaders Tuesday at the summit for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in the Cuban capital Havana.
Criminal courts in northern Colombia have condemned a number of high ranking FARC officials for the 2001 murder of a politician.