The United States Embassy issued a travel warning to U.S. citizens about violent crime in Colombia, and more specifically Bogota. The emergency message for U.S. nationals specified the affluent Zona…
Over 80,000 candidates have officially registered for the local elections held in Colombia in October, the Registrar’s Office announced Wednesday after closing the inscriptions. According to the Registrar’s Office, 87,921…
Senator Armando Benedetti claimed that former President Alvaro Uribe will join the opposition to President Juan Manuel Santos after the upcoming October elections, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. “In this…
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the free trade agreement (FTA) between Canada and Colombia will take effect August 15. According to the prime minister’s press release, the announcement was…
Colombia could be losing up to $3.3 billion annually due to sales tax (IVA) evasion and smuggling, announced the director of Colombia’s tax agency (DIAN). According to various Colombian media,…
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba will not follow through on her announcement of the unilateral release of 19 hostages held in captivity by the left-wing guerrilla group FARC, newspaper El Espectador…
The governor of the northwestern Cordoba department offers the defense minister her job for one month amid growing concern about the security of her population. In an interview with El…
Formal criminal charges have been brought against former Colombia soccer coach Hernan Dario “Bolillo” Gomez for attacking a woman in a bar. Colombian media reported that Carlos Castro, a lawyer…
Congressman Ivan Cepeda accepted the Colombian government’s apology Tuesday for their part in the 1994 murder of his father, Union Patriotica Senator Manuel Cepeda. Several media reported that the Colombian…