Days after 2000 police raided Bogota’s most infamous drug dealing center, “the Bronx,” Mayor Enrique Peñalosa released plans to construct a shopping center on the location. Peñalosa announced Wednesday that “all…
Colombia’s Congress is about to pass a law that will prohibit controversial cosmetic plastic surgery for minors, who in some cases receive risky breast or buttock implants as young as 15.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos vowed to personally attend talks to end ongoing mass protests in the countrysides, but not until June 22. Meanwhile, rural unrest appear to be escalating. After…
Amid a severe economic slowdown, Colombia’s inflation rate reached 8.2% in May, the highest it has been since 2001 when rates hit 8.49%.
Unless major investments are made, Colombia will run out of oil within six years, warned the president of Colombia’s oil industry association ACP. On Wednesday, association leader Francisco Lloreda said the country will…
Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels on Tuesday entered what they called a permanent session in order to reach an agreement to end 52 years of violence “as soon as possible.”
At least one woman is raped every day on average in Colombia as a result of ongoing acts of sexual violence committed in the context of the country’s armed conflict.
After lying on his CV about his academic credentials, Bogota Mayor Enrique Peñalosa is now facing criminal charges that could result in his impeachment.
The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota, Enrique Peñalosa, has falsely been claiming to be holding both a Master’s and a PhD, according to local media.