The UN Security Council heads that visited Colombia early this month voiced their satisfaction with the ongoing peace process, but stressed its concern over increases in violence in former guerrilla territories. The council met on…
Colombia’s Nairo Quintana lost the leaders jersey today following a disappointing time trial on stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia. Tom Dumoulin of the Netherlands assumed the lead following a supreme…
Colombia partly shut down on Tuesday with teachers, state employees and virtually the entire western Choco province on strike. Citizens in the Pacific Choco province have engaged in an all-out civic strike since…
A minor was shot dead, and one reporter and several policemen were injured in southwest Colombia on Tuesday after riot police opened fire at indigenous protesters and clashes erupted. The feared ESMAD anti-riot unit indiscriminately…
Colombia cyclist Fernando Gaviria claimed his second Giro d’Italia stage win on Wednesday after a close sprint finish in Messina. The race’s fifth stage, a 159km course, was geared for the…
Colombia’s Comptroller General on Tuesday accused former president Alvaro Uribe and the current and former agriculture ministers of illegally taking land meant for less fortunate farmers. The Comptroller General’s report, which…
Within hours, a French couple visiting Colombia’s tourist hotspot Cartagena were wrongly charged $285 for a meal and robbed, reported local media on Monday. When Dominique and Rene Tora set off from France to Colombia, they…
The former police colonel who for decades had claimed he killed Pablo Escobar lied and in fact stole the drug lord’s favorite gun, according to weekly Semana. Hugo Aguilar, who led the…
The United Nation’s Security Council arrived in Colombia on Wednesday evening. Here’s how they plan to inspect the progress and setbacks of the country’s ongoing peace process. Wednesday The 15 UN…