Colombia receives $150M flood relief loan
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Tuesday that Colombia will borrow $150 million from the World Bank to help the victims of this year’s rainy season. “We are going…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Tuesday that Colombia will borrow $150 million from the World Bank to help the victims of this year’s rainy season. “We are going…
A guerrilla attack in the rural area of San Jose del Guaviare, in the central Colombian department of Guaviare, left four policemen dead and three wounded, Caracol Radio reports. The…
Colombia and Peru begin a joint operation, Colper Amazonia 2010, to combat FARC forces active around the border between the two countries, reported El Espectador Tuesday. The countries will increase…
Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno has compiled an 18,000-page defense against accusations his administration fraudulently granted public works contracts. The documents were sent to Moreno’s party Polo Democratico on Monday and…
A car bomb attributed to the FARC guerrilla group destroys a bridge in the municipality of Tibu, in Colombia’s Norte de Santander department, which borders Venezuela, Globovision reported Tuesday. The…
Three weeks before it hits stores, the on-line version Juanes’ new album P.A.R.C.E. is Colombia’s top seller, according to daily magazine Eje 21 reports. Juanes’ single “Yo no regresas” has…
A Facebook page in the name of “Alfonso Cano,” the leader of Colombian guerrilla group the FARC, was removed from the social media website a few days after media discovered…
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe ignored a subpoena ordering him to give testimony in a civil case filed by victims of paramilitary violence against U.S. coal giant Drummond. The former…
Colombia’s former ambassador in Italy, Sabas Pretelt de la Vega, denied having sought asylum in Costa Rica, according to La Fm. In an the interview Pretelt de la Vega said…