90% of people displaced by violence in Colombia do not want to return to their homelands, claims a report presented by UNHCR’s representative in Colombia. Jean-Nöel Wetterwald, the UN High…
The Colombian government on Thursday officially declared the wildfires raging across the country a national disaster. The intense sun and current high temperatures, combined with people’s irresponsible actions, have led…
Colombian anti-narcotics police detained 25 people Thursday at a coca processing center “controlled by the FARC” who were apparently forced to work there by the guerrillas. The cocaine-producing laboratory operated…
A young boy, recruited by guerillas, detonated explosives next to a school in the eastern Colombian department of Arauca on Thursday. The boy placed explosives next to the only school…
The authorities arrested an alleged FARC finance boss on Thursday in the central Colombian city of Pereira, after tracking him for months. Intelligence agents arrested Rudsber Quinchia Davila, alias “Pabesa,”…
A Colombian prosecutor on Thursday ordered the arrest of former Liberal congressman Alfonso Lopez Cossio for alleged ties to paramilitary groups. The case investigator substituted house arrest for a prison…
President Alvaro Uribe announced Thursday that the U.S. will send equipment and assistance teams to help subdue raging forest fires threatening Colombia’s capital, Bogota. Uribe made the announcement in an…
Colombia’s second biggest festival sees the launch of its most hotly anticipated event Thursday – the swimsuit parade for candidates competing to be crowned International Coffee Queen 2010. Nineteen beauties…
The Colombian Caribbean town of San Cristobal has not recorded a single violent death since 2004, making it one of the most peaceful municipalities in the country. San Cristobal, located…