Colombia’s violent conflict is moving to previously unaffected areas, the local director of the Red Cross says. The Colombians’ apparent indifference to their disappeared compatriots concerns him. “The conflict has…
Colombia will be able to increase its officially recognized contributions to the intagible heritage of world culture next month now that UNESCO has accepted its two nominations. Popayán Holy Week…
The International Committee of the Red Cross initiated contact with leftist senator Piedad Cordoba and the high commissioner for peace, Frank Pearl, to propitiate the announcement of the release of…
President Álvaro Uribe participated in the UN Climate Summit and noted a great commitment to the production of clean energy. President Uribe also called the global environmental crisis “an emergency”,…
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro described Juanes’ controversial ‘Peace Without Borders’ concert in Havana as “extraordinary.” In one of his regular opinion columns, widely published Tuesday across the Cuban media,…
On behalf of the Colombian State, vice president Francisco Santos asked for forgiveness for the 2000 El Salado massacre, one of the most brutal in the country’s history. During a…
The demobilized paramilitary who had accused Medellin mayor Alonso Salazar of abuse of power towards demobilized members of the AUC has been murdered, RCN radio reported Tuesday. According to the…
The trial of Miguel Angel Beltran, the sociology professor linked to the FARC and charged with rebellion and criminal conspiracy, will begin on 2 October. According to the prosecution, professor…
Colombia’s Catholic Church, the official mediator between the FARC rebels and the government on the release of hostages, has still not heard of the guerrillas on how to proceed withpromised…