Public deliberation about education reform should take place in Congress and not in the streets, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday, in response to nationwide student protests. “The road to…
Progressivist candidate Gustavo Petro remained in the lead in the polls for the Bogota mayoral election, while independent candidate Gina Parody continued to climb the polls to tie Green Party…
The Criminal Chamber of Colombia’s Supreme Court reduced the sentence of an Army general convicted of allowing the Mapiripan massacre in 1997. Colombian media reported that the Supreme Court has…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will miss the annual Ibero-American Summit to monitor the upcoming local elections, Colombian media reported. Santos said he will stay in Colombia during the election…
Several candidates in northwest Colombia have threatened that their supporters will riot if they lose in Sunday’s election, Colombia’s interior and defense ministers confirmed. According to the ministers, they have…
A group of hooded people hijacked a bus and set it ablaze Tuesday during student protests at the Technological University of Pereira, central Colombia. According to Colonel Gonzalo Londoño Portela,…
The comptroller of Manizales launched a preliminary investigation into the nearly week-long water shortage as the city completes its sixth day without water, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. Manizales Comptroller…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has officially begun an investigation into the director of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS, Colombian media reported. DAS chief Felipe Muñoz is being investigated for failing to…
The free trade agreement between the U.S. and Colombia will produce “concrete benefits of economic growth and social transformation,” Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced after U.S. President Barack Obama…