Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC announced Sunday its intention to release all ten captive members of the security forces and to abandon kidnapping civilians for extortion purposes. The announcement was made in a...
Read MoreThousands of protesters, primarily women, took to the streets in several Colombian cities Saturday to demand an end to gender-related violence and discrimination. According to local media, the march in the capital Bogota drew...
Read MoreThe explosion of an army grenade killed three soldiers and injured another 20 in northwestern Colombia Saturday. The fatal incident took place in the village of Dabeiba, Antioquia. According to Caracol Radio, authorities are...
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Colombia’s government is persecuting small-scale, informal miners “as if they were...
Read MoreColombian President Juan Manuel Santos asked citizens Satuday to help the country’s security forces in fighting crime, but warned them not to take law into their own hands. According to Santos, cooperation between the...
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