Barranquilla released its first ever calendar to promote Carnaval, the Colombian Caribbean coastal city’s biggest annual celebration, newspaper El Heraldo reported Tuesday. The Barranquilla Carnaval Foundation created the calendar with…
Colombia’s Comptroller General’s Office initiated investigations against the corporation in charge of maintaining the north Bolivar department’s Dique Canal over irregularities leading to the alleged loss of $2.84 million (COP…
Colombia’s Catholic church has urged alias “Alfonso Cano,” the FARC’s supreme leader, to lay down his arms and negotiate a political and peaceful solution. “To ‘Cano’ we extend a hand,…
On the ELN’s 47th anniversary, Colombia’s second largest guerrilla organization renewed its vows to continue the armed struggle until it achieves its goals. The insurgent group’s central command published a…
Colombia elected the 2011 beauty queens — Miss Coffee, Miss Bambuco and Miss Folklore — for three of the country’s annual beauty pageants over the holiday weekend, local media reported.…
Some 6,000 members of Colombia’s armed forces continue to search for FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” following the guerrilla leader’s alleged close escape on Thursday, local media reported Monday. Cano is…
Police in the north of Colombia have captured one of the top leaders of the criminal band “Los Urabeños,” in charge of coordinating drug trafficking routes to Central America, local…
Foreign investment into the Colombian economy in the first trimester of 2011 was the highest in the country’s history, reported Trade Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados. Investment grew 132.5% from January to…
The Colombian peso climbed 1.8% in a week, in the biggest rise since January. Colombia’s currency rose 0.5% overnight against the U.S. dollar, making the weekly increase the highest since…