Several multinational companies with activities in Colombia are ‘to be tried’ in Madrid this weekend during the fourth Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (TPP). Most cases deal with violations of human rights…
A Gallup survey found that 20% of Colombian voters have been promised goods, money or work for their vote in national or local elections. Around one million voters reportedly received…
As long as the Colombian government doesn’t properly address the causes behind the country’s huge internal displacement problem, big cities like Bogota and Medellin should refuse to take care of…
The department of Boyaca is home to one of Colombia’s most pristine mountain ranges, the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy. With an elevation of over 5,000 meters and counting more than…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe avoids debate over his policies by disqualifying any opposition or criticism as support for the FARC or anti-patriotic to avoid taking responsibility for his own failures,…
Situated in Bogota’s largest and mainly rural locality and less than three hours driving south from the city centre, you’ll reach a landscape hardly found anywhere else on the globe.…
Despite being regarded a terrorist organization by the European Union, the website of Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group ELN runs comfortably on a server in the capital of the Netherlands,…