Colombia’s State Council on Thursday declared the government liable in a “friendly fire” case and ordered them to pay the wounded soldier over $550,000. According to local media, the “friendly…
Pacific Rubiales, the largest foreign oil company in Colombia, created their own in-house labor union in attempts to cut the legs out from under the USO, Colombia’s national oil workers…
Colombia’s embassy in Brussels has unveiled a document spelling out the government’s commitment to labor rights and its vow to protect union members, two things the European Union had deemed…
Colombia’s Congress on Wednesday passed a $9 billion budget for the fiscal year stretching from 2013 to 2014. A Wednesday press release from the Ministry of Finance Finance stated that…
The Colombian goverment and the country’s largest and longest-standing rebel group FARC meet again on Wednesday in Havana, Cuba, to initiate the second round of formal peace talks aimed at…
Colombia’s departing Director of the National Institute of Penitentiaries and Prisons [INPEC] on Tuesday revealed that there are over 3,000 guerrillas in prisons either convicted or being investigated for political…
Contrary to previous statements from a fellow member, Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC on Monday claimed to have “no prisoners of war at this time,” suggesting a divided front during…
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC confirmed Sunday that it is still holding hostages and plans to exchange them for imprisoned guerrillas. Sandra Ramirez, one of the FARC’s leading rebels involved…
The family of a Colombian journalist who died as a result of injuries incurred while in police custody will sue the department. Guillermo Quiroz, a 31-year-old journalist, was on his…