Farmers in the north of Colombia are threatening protests after reports that the government is considering the resumption of chemical aerial fumigation of coca, just months after a ban of the potentially carcinogenic pesticide glyphosate.
Criminals organizations make an annual profit of approximately $5 billion (14 trillion pesos) through money laundering, according to authorities.
Shirtless protesters have taken to the streets of Cartagena in opposition of a draft to ban those without satisfactory attire from entering parts of the coastal holiday destination.
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, said they have dropped their demand to hold a bilateral truce with the Colombian government before formalizing peace talks announced more than a year ago.
Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel of the recently escaped “El Chapo” has a number of business partners across Colombia responsible for the export of more than a third of the South American…
Colombian cyclist Maria Luisa Calle has tested positive in drug tests at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, bringing the count of athletes caught doping at the games to nine, two of…
Inhabitants of seven districts of the country’s capital city of Bogota on Wednesday awoke to nearly 1,000 tons of waste that had not been collected in the city’s latest garbage collection catastrophe.
Cartagena lawmakers want tourists to cover-up, concerned over the impressionability of children living in one of Colombia’s most popular holiday destinations.
Colombia will declare six new natural national parks across the country in a move to conserve these ecosystems and protect this land from destruction as a result of mining and other activities.