Medellin taxi drivers receive tourism pack
Medellin taxi drivers on Wednesday were given a new tourist info package to help provide a better service for visitors to the city over the Christmas period. The new initiative,…
Medellin taxi drivers on Wednesday were given a new tourist info package to help provide a better service for visitors to the city over the Christmas period. The new initiative,…
“The primary necessity is for Colombia to acknowledge that it has a conflict,” declared the Bogota Mayor Wednesday at a forum on challenges facing Colombia’s cities. During the forum, held…
The UN on Thursday called for the Colombian government to improve protection measures for the indigenous population following a sharp increase in violence against the minority groups in 2009. The…
Colombian authorities raise alert level to ‘Orange’ on Thursday for the Nariño department’s Galeras volcano, which experts expect to erupt within days. The Colombian Institute of Mining and Geology declared…
Cartagena announced Wednesday its intention to become a world fashion capital by encouraging both national and international designers to present their collections there. From Wednesday the city will be the…
On average 450 children die annually from malnutrition in Colombia, admitted the director of welfare agency ICBF Wednesday. The ICBF director, Rosa Maria Navarro, stated that this annual mortality rate…
Colombia’s production of cocaine dropped by 39% in 2009, according to a report presented Wednesday by the U.S. Ambassador to Bogota, William Brownfield. The cultivation of coca crops fell by…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office (IG) on Wednesday opened an investigation against former Agricultural Minister Arias regarding his alleged role in the AIS subsidies scandal. The IG opened the disciplinary investigation…
Colombian trade unionists on Wednesday asked the EU not to sign an FTA with Colombia due to the human rights violations they believe to have been committed by the Uribe…