Colombia continues to improve its global ranking of the most popular countries in which to hold international events, moving up to 37th place in 2009, reports Dinero.com on Tuesday. According…
Colombia’s Inspector General upheld its suspension against the former governor of Valle, Juan Carlos Abadia, from holding public office for ten years, according to a press release published Tuesday. Juan…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court voted 6 to 2 against holding a referendum on changing the law to impose life imprisonment on those who kill or rape children, LaFM reported Wednesday. The court…
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday urged Colombia to protect its vulnerable populations from the impact of the country’s free trade agreements and the ongoing war on drugs, reports Portofolio.…
Green Party presidential candidate Antanas Mockus rejected on Tuesday the support for his campaign by disgraced ex-Senator Rocio Arias, one of Colombia’s most infamous “parapoliticians,” who was convicted of ties…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Monday stressed the importance of maintaining a strong security policy, following Sunday’s FARC attack in the Amazon jungle that left nine Colombian soldiers dead. “This…
Nine marines from the Colombian navy were killed in combat with FARC insurgents Sunday afternoon, in the southern Amazonian department of Caqueta, according to local media reports. Details of the…
A Nobel prize-winning Argentine and a group of prominent international lawyers say that Colombia must investigate allegations that President Alvaro Uribe’s brother led a paramilitary group, and warned that the…
Colombian opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba Sunday criticized the Tweets of Twitter newcomer President Alvaro Uribe via her account on the social networking service. Cordoba, who with over 38,000 followers is…