A northern Colombian municipality has been awarded compensation for the army’s failure to adequately provide protection from the FARC during instability in the 1990s, reported daily El Tiempo Monday. Colombia’s highest…
A soccer fan died from a gunshot wound and four were hospitalized in clashes among fans following the Medellin derby between Atletico Nacional and Independiente Medellin Sunday. The confrontations followed…
Colombia used its 2009 capture of Venezuelan drug lord Walid Makled to force its neighbor to eject FARC units operating in its territory, according to a Stratfor email published by…
Colombia’s Junior de Barranquilla and Atletico Nacional will be in Copa Libertadores action Thursday. Colombian champions Junior entertain Bolivian champions Club Bolivar, as they seek to revive a flagging Libertadores campaign. So…
A new Colombian entrant appeared on Forbes magazine’s latest global “rich list.” Medellin-born Woods Staton entered in 764th spot after a stock offering by his company Arcos Dorados boosted his…
A plane flying from Paris to Bogota was forced to make an emergency landing in the Azores Monday after it caught fire, reported Radio Caracol. Passengers, who included 50 Colombians,…
Colombia’s Deputy Prosecutor General resigned yesterday, following the official resignation of Viviane Morales, possibly leaving surprise choice Martha Lucia Zamora to fill the void. Wilson Alejandro Martinez’s resignation was confirmed…
Contaminated chicken from the United States could have a devastating effect on Colombian poultry, according to the president of the Colombian National Poultry Federation [Fenavi], reported Caracol Radio Monday. The…
Four alleged FARC members have been captured in the western Colombian department of Choco, where an “armed strike” was last week imposed by the rebel group. The four were believed…