2nd round of election likely as Santos loses ground to opponents
Less than a month ahead of Colombia’s presidential elections, polls showed Sunday that President Juan Manuel Santos maintains a comfortable lead, but a second round is almost certain.
Less than a month ahead of Colombia’s presidential elections, polls showed Sunday that President Juan Manuel Santos maintains a comfortable lead, but a second round is almost certain.
A 19-year-old British tourist has died in southwestern Colombia after drinking yage, a psychoactive drug used by local indigenous tribes, authorities said Saturday.
A Friday meeting between the U’wa community, the Minister of Mines, and other senior officials in Norte de Santander ended without agreement, reported national media, leaving no resolution to the…
An explosion at a mine in western Antioquia on Friday has resulted in at least 4 deaths and 95 cases of poisoning from toxic gases, national media reported Saturday. Several…
Scientists from the Humbolt Research Institute for Biological Resources will travel to Colombia’s southeastern state of Vichada on Saturday, to begin an initiative to protect an unspoiled tributary of the Orinoco…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) issued a report on Thursday praising Colombia’s progress toward membership in the area of economic transparency, but stresses the need to do more…
UNICEF has announced Colombia’s first national youth program for peacebuilding, jointly launched with the Colombian government and Bogota’s Santo Tomas university, which aims to provide Colombian youth tools for building peace in…
Hundreds of thousands of Bogota residents are still without potable water on Thursday morning after damage to the Colombian capital’s water network, national media has reported.
Bogota’s Health Secretary said Wednesday that reported cases of HIV in Colombia’s capital have increased by 23% in 2013.