Television network Caracol TV earned the rights to broadcast the London 2012 Winter Olympic Games in Colombia, international media publication World Screen reported Wednesday. The International Olympic Committee awarded Caracol…
Bogota mayoral candidates Antanas Mockus and Gina Parody forged a political alliance one month before the October elections, Colombian media reported. Parody confirmed the strategic alliance Wednesday, explaining that it…
Colombia’s largest petroleum company Ecopetrol loses $11 million in 2010 due to oil theft, the comptroller general announced. According to the comptroller’s report, the loss, which averages to 369 barrels…
Colombia’s prison authority Inpec will restrict the benefits of “para-politicians” in prisons in Bogota and Barranquilla to hinder their ability to influence local elections held in October. “La Picota” prison…
Fifteen union leaders have been murdered since the Labor Action Plan between the United States and Colombia went into effect in April 2011, said the largest U.S-based trade union federation…
A U.S. court authorized the return of 12 properties and $2 million that were owned by DMG, a Colombian company that stole more than $400 million through a Ponzi scheme.…
Colombian police seized 115 grenades belonging to the drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” in the western department of Valle del Cauca, Colombian media reported Monday. According to authorities, seventy-five M26…
The Colombian National Police have killed seven and captured another three alleged members of the drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” who are suspected of kidnapping 13 people in southwest Colombia…
Spanish journalists nicknamed new Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao Garcia the “guerrillero del gol” (goal guerrilla), drawing criticism and indignation from fans. Colombian Falcao Garcia earned the nickname after scoring…