Former Colombian President Andres Pastrana has called the interior minister an “errand boy” for Pablo Escobar, after a spat over the peace talks with rebel group, FARC. Pastrana’s remark referred…
Panels on perpetrator immunity, victim reparation, and other challenges of Colombia’s transitional justice drew large crowds on Thursday to Medellin’s convention center. Politicians, judges, and activists discussed Colombia’s transitional justice…
Racism has continued to disadvantage the Afro-Colombian population, as evidenced by economic disparities, a large educational performance gap, and under-representation in politics. “We need affirmative action because of the large…
The Colombian GDP grew 4% in 2012, down from 6.6% in 2011, according to the government’s statistics agency. In the fourth quarter of 2012 the economy grew by 3.1%, a…
Colombian police captured on Tuesday alias “El Gordo,” whose ties to the Italian mafia shed light on the traffic of cocaine from Colombia to Europe. Juan Carlos “El Gordo” Davila…
Extortion of businesses and individuals claims an estimated $1.1 billion annually, though the real income could be much higher, reported newspaper El Tiempo Wednesday. An extensive investigation by the newspaper…
The national coroner’s office has found evidence of a toxic substance in the prison cell of a key witness in a case linking former President Alvaro Uribe to a paramilitary…
A Colombian TV show, “Tres Caines,” which fictionalizes the story of the country’s paramilitary violence, is under fire from victims groups and losing commercial sponsorships. “Tres Caines,” or “Three Cains”…
A small bomb in a cardboard box, with a flag from the ELN guerrilla group, is reportedly found on a bridge in Medellin and disarmed by police. Amid the traffick…