Mayor-elect in south Colombia is brother of local FARC boss
The newly elected mayor of a town in Colombia’s Caqueta department is the brother of a local FARC boss, according to media reports. Domingo Emilio Perez Cuellar, elected as San…
The newly elected mayor of a town in Colombia’s Caqueta department is the brother of a local FARC boss, according to media reports. Domingo Emilio Perez Cuellar, elected as San…
Four men have been killed in a shooting in Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, local media reported on Monday. The quadruple murder happened in the eastern Manrique neighborhood of the Antioquian…
A teacher, his 8-year-old son and two tourists are missing following a bridge collapse in northwest Colombia. Elkin Mario Castano and a group of his pupils were crossing Rio Cauca’s…
The Colombian Minister of Transport is facing disciplinary measures from the House of Representatives over his “constant disregard to the requirements of the commission.” Representatives sent a petition to the…
Colombia has been invited to join the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Working Group on Bribery, a precursor to signing the organization’s Anti-Bribery Convention. OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard…
After numerous corruption scandals, Bogota can trust its politicians again, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos declared on Wednesday. “After the trouble, Bogota has gained back its trust in its administration.…
America de Cali goalkeeper Julian Viafara was suspended for six months on Tuesday after failing a routine drug test. Viafara took the test on September 17, and the results came…
Colombia has a stunning deforestation rate of 86 acres per hour, according to the country’s Environment Ministry. Environment Minister Frank Pearl says the country has destroyed a total of 14.8…
Gunmen killed the head of the Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) in Putumayo department, southern Colombia on Sunday. Epaminondas Eladio Yascual Imbaquin was gunned down by two men outside of Mocoa,…