The FIFA Under-20 World Cup closed in style with a spectacular show including lights, music, and pyrotechnics. Colombian media reported that the dazzling finale, which cost $2.4 million, used 15…
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights began its 92nd regular session in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Monday. The 10-day long session will hold three public hearings including a Chilean child…
Colombia is not ready to face the upcoming rainy season as the country’s infrastructure has not been properly reinforced after the last rainy season’s devastating floods, said the Colombian Federation…
More than 750 pedestrians have already been killed in traffic accidents in 2011, the director of transit police said Sunday. In an interview with Caracol Radio, police official Rodolfo Palomino…
A fugitive Army lieutenant was found not guilty of conspiring to assassinate presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan, who was murdered in 1989. Lieutenant Carlos Humberto Florez was accused by a…
Authorities rescued more than 50 dogs held in overcrowded conditions by a Chinese citizen in the España neighborhood of Cartagena, Colombian media reported Friday. According to El Universal, police arrived…
A former paramilitary leader accused ex-Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, who oversaw the demobilization of the AUC, of inflating the numbers of demobilized paramilitary members, Colombian media reported. The ex-head…
More than two million Colombians were displaced by the 2010-11 rainy season, affecting every region in the country, announced statistics agency DANE. According to a DANE report which examined the…
Former liberal Senator Piedad Cordoba temporarily left Colombia Thursday, citing threats against her life and suspicious people following her. According to Spanish press agency EFE, Cordoba has fled the country…