Head of Colombia’s police to resign
Colombia’s National Police Director General Oscar Naranjo met with President Juan Manuel Santos April 4 to express his intention to resign. Details of the meeting are only surfacing now because…
Colombia’s National Police Director General Oscar Naranjo met with President Juan Manuel Santos April 4 to express his intention to resign. Details of the meeting are only surfacing now because…
A taxi driver who reportedly drove two prostitutes involved in the U.S. Secret Service scandal from a Cartagena hotel revealed more details about the incident. Jose Pena claimed to have…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed regret that the prostitution scandal involving Secret Service members overshadowed the Summit of the Americas. In a joint interview with Secretary of Defense…
Bogota’s Mayor Gustavo Petro said Thursday that Colombia’s recently-finalized Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. would hurt Colombia’s capital city. In a presentation at Bogota’s Chamber of Commerce, the mayor…
Close to 100 people clashed with police at the University of Antioquia in Medellin, leaving one officer with an amputated leg. “In an act of terrorism one of the uniformed…
A proposal to bring military jurisdiction back into Colombia’s justice reform package was defeated in a Senate vote Wednesday. The U Party and Conservatives wanted to bring back an article…
Colombia’s former Minister of Communications denied accusations of corruption made by a former member of defunct paramilitary group the AUC Monday. In a letter to newspaper El Espectador, Maria del…
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro created a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Affairs Branch to fight sexual orientation and gender based discrimination in Colombia’s capital. The group, a subcommittee of…
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presented an initiative Friday allocating $37 million to help Latin America’s low-income youth find work. The proposal was introduced at the Business Summit of the…