Santa Fe win Colombian soccer league (video)
Santa Fe won their first league title in 37 years after a 1-0 victory over Deportivo Pasto in the Liga Postobon play-off final. Jonathan Copete nodded home the game’s only…
Santa Fe won their first league title in 37 years after a 1-0 victory over Deportivo Pasto in the Liga Postobon play-off final. Jonathan Copete nodded home the game’s only…
A prominent drug lord demanded Thursday that media remove photographs and video footage of his wedding, where he was arrested, within 24 hours. Lawyers representing captured drug trafficker Camilo Torres,…
Colombia’s foreign minister promoted the country’s model for compensating victims of armed conflict Thursday at the United Nations (UN) Thursday. Chairing an open debate at the UN Security Council on…
Clara Rojas, a former FARC hostage who ran as Ingrid Betancourt’s presidential running mate, was named director of a prominent Colombian anti-kidnapping NGO Thursday. Rojas, one of the guerrilla group’s…
Colombia’s defense minister announced plans Thursday a month-long tour of the country to determine security needs in local communities. Senior military and police personnel will join Defense Minister Juan Carlos…
The incumbent secretary of Colombia’s Senate has decided to seek re-election for a sixth term amid accusations of malfeasance, according to local news source CMI. Emilio Otero, who has served…
A high-profile former Colombian senator, detained for collaborating with paramilitary groups and drug trafficking organizations, was denied bail by the Prosecutor General’s Office Tuesday. In a sworn statement before a magistrate, demobilized…
An eighteen-year old Colombian runner won the bronze medal at the World Junior Athletics Championships in Barcelona Tuesday. Sandra Arenas came third in the 10,000 meters event on the second…
One of the paramilitary AUC’s most prominent ex-commanders accused Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe of collaborating with armed militias. Ever Veloza, alias “H.H.,” told U.S. prosecutors that Uribe developed ties…