Free bicycle access for Medellin students
Medellin adopted a new initiative on Friday that gives students free access to bicycles. Deputy Director of the city’s Mobility Office Martha Suarez said the purpose of this initiative is…
Medellin adopted a new initiative on Friday that gives students free access to bicycles. Deputy Director of the city’s Mobility Office Martha Suarez said the purpose of this initiative is…
The Colombian army detained seven alleged members of the neo-paramilitary drug gang Los Rastrojos in the department of Choco on Thursday. Along with the seven detained, including one woman, troops…
A landslide left at least three people dead and five more missing Friday morning near Colombia’s main port city on the Pacific. Four houses were also destroyed by the landslide near…
Green Party candidate Enrique Peñalosa expanded the “Bogota Without Hunger” program on Thursday. Peñalosa stood before the Nueva Timiza soup kitchen accompanied by former mayor Lucho Garzon to present the…
The Colombian National Electoral Council (CNE) said Thursday that negative propaganda is permitted in political campaigns. The President of the CNE, Joaquin Jose Vives, said that negative advertizing would be…
Retired actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has begged Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to improve the living condition of horses in the country, Colombian media report. In a…
A Colombian tennis player advanced to meet Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of the ATP World Tour in Tokyo Thursday. Santiago Giraldo defeated Dmitry Tursunov of Russia and Robin Haasse…
A Barranquilla judge sentenced two of the city’s former mayors to four years house arrest for embezzlement Wednesday. Guillermo Hoenigsberg and Bernardo Hoyos were convicted for the misappropriation of funds…
Colombia’s consumer prices rose 0.31% in September compared to the month before, the country’s statistics agency announced Wednesday. According to statistics agency DANE, prices have risen 3.73% since September 2010.…