The UN Mission in Colombia on Thursday suspended three observers and their supervisor for attending a New Year’s Eve party held by the FARC guerrilla group. “The Mission reiterates its…
The top leader of the FARC, Rodrigo Londoño, a.k.a. “Timochenko,” announced on Sunday that he departed from Cuba and going to Colombia for the signing of the new peace accord agreed…
The Colombian ports of Cartagena and Buenaventura are Panama’s main competitors in terms of container terminals, the Panama Canal Authority, or ACP, administrator said Tuesday at a business forum. Both…
The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas on Friday unveiled the independent mechanism they have negotiated for selecting judges for special peace tribunals, a process in which they will seek to…
Colombia’s army commander bid farewell Saturday to the Colombia Battalion No. 108 that is off to the Sinai Peninsula to form part of the Multinational Force & Observers, or MFO.…
Colombian mining company Carbones del Cerrejon Ltd. has inaugurated Latin America’s first large-tire recycling plant, which will export part of its production to other countries in the region and to…
A citizens’ campaign for a “yes” vote in an upcoming referendum to endorse a peace pact with leftist FARC guerrillas sparked controversy Thursday because the demonstrators gathered around the statues of…
Spanish journalist Salud Hernandez-Mora, who spent six days as a hostage of Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group, said in an interview with EFE that the insurgent group was unwilling to lay…
Illegal mining operations exist in 307 of Colombia’s 1,102 municipalities and cause the Andean nation to lose more than $67.8 million (200 billion pesos) in tax revenue annually, the Colombian…