Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez is a civil engineer by trade who has taken part in the politics of Colombia’s second largest city for more than a decade. Federico Gutierrez was…
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Colombia’s health, infrastructure and education sectors, among others, continue to fail in terms of international competitiveness, a report by a local economic think tank said. Colombia stagnates low in competitiveness index was last…
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Colombia’s Justice Ministry said Thursday that one of the country’s most prominent indigenous leaders will serve his sentence for illegally retaining a military official in a detention center inside an indigenous reserve. Colombian indigenous leader…
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Colombia’s ex-president Ernesto Samper said on Wednesday that he will sue the family of a conservative leader murdered just over 20 years ago for implicating him in the homicide. Samper to…
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Colombia’s Inspector General on Tuesday announced he would open an investigation into allegations that the country’s director of the National Police sexually harassed a male subordinate. Colombia’s National Police chief…
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The implementation of an eventual peace deal between Colombia’s FARC rebel group and the government could cost the country over $100 billion, reported newspaper El Tiempo on Monday. Price tag on peace in…
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A major explosion in a makeshift chemical factory in Bogota left 27 injured and 37 homes damaged on Monday. Explosion in Bogota injures 27 was last modified: November 3rd, 2015 by Grace…
Colombia will be sending students on intensive English language crash courses to increase the number of nationals that can speak the language. Colombia wants 8% of its students speaking English…
A mysterious drug lord from eastern Colombia has slowly but surely been expanding control over the country’s drug routes to Venezuela, benefiting from authorities’ blows against competitors. The drug lord is dead, long…
Candidates in northeast Colombia have gone to extreme levels to gain votes by exploiting impoverished children, local media reported Thursday. Politicians exploited children to secure fraud in Colombia’s local elections was last…