Santos to visit China, Singapore to bolster trade
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos will visit China and Singapore on an official state visit next month in hopes of expanding ties with the fast-growing Asian market. “China is becoming…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos will visit China and Singapore on an official state visit next month in hopes of expanding ties with the fast-growing Asian market. “China is becoming…
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa announced plans to identify and eliminate any FARC presence within his country’s borders Thursday. “I cannot guarantee that there is no infiltration of the FARC [in…
Alleged FARC guerrillas detonated explosives at a military post in the southwestern department of Cauca, amid ongoing clashes between rebels and security forces. The fighting invovled the Colombian Army’s 14th…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos appointed Federico Rengifo as Minister of the Interior, following his predecessor German Vargas Lleras’ move to become Minister of Housing. Rengifo, who leaves his position as Secretariat…
Colombia’s Conservative Party called on President Juan Manuel Santos for more representation in national government after the recent resignation of three party members. “Given our representation has been falling in…
Miss Bogota 2012 was crowned and will represent the nation’s capital in the upcoming Miss Colombia pageant. Loly Fuentes, a 22-year-old university student originally from Barranquilla, was chosen from a…
Colombian hip hop star Alejandro Serna, known in the rap world as Alejandro Muletaz, was shot and killed by armed men in Medellin Tuesday, reported local media. The rapper has…
Colombia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs defended Cartagena, “a city that lives on tourism,” after U.S. Secret Service agents hired 21 prostitutes April 12, just days before the start of the…
A prosecutor requested that former Colombian Governor Cesar Hernando Molina Araujo be charged for his alleged involvement in the murder of an indigenous leader in 2004. The ex-governor of the…