Ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe rejected accusations by an Israeli mercenary that he helped finance the training of paramilitary groups in the 1980s. Uribe referred to the allegations via his Twitter…
Colombian singer Juanes won Latin Grammys for “Best Album of the Year” and “Best Long Form Video” in the Las Vegas award ceremony Thursday night. Juanes’ won the coveted prize…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday dismissed the idea of a Christmas truce with FARC guerrillas. “The sooner we get to a peace agreement, the sooner we will silence…
The original manuscript of “There are no thieves in this town” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez will be auctioned off in London. Fans of Marquez’s work will have the opportunity to…
A Colombian researcher claims that human trials of a new synthetic malaria vaccine will begin within a year and a half, according to local media Thursday. Colombian scientist Manuel Elkin…
Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC is considering a Christmas truce with the government, according to a prominent leftist activist. “The FARC Secretariat is willing to study and take a decision…
There is widespread impunity and lack of adequate protection for crimes against Colombia’s displaced women, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday. “Approximately two million internally displaced women and girls face…
Canada announced Wednesday an additional $1.6 million to Colombia to help bolster the country’s land restitution and peace initiatives. “Canada is proud to support the Government of Colombia’s land restitution…
For travellers uninterested in Medellin’s cocaine and gambling scenes, Son del Tropico’s “cazuela de frijoles” may prove to be the most addictive thing in Colombia’s second city. Wandering through Medellin’s…