FARC hostage release date announced
The Red Cross announced Monday that the planned release of five FARC hostages will take place on the following Monday, February 7. Hours after a press conference in which Cordoba…
The Red Cross announced Monday that the planned release of five FARC hostages will take place on the following Monday, February 7. Hours after a press conference in which Cordoba…
Bogota’s police chief says a recent wave of violence in Bogota is due to mafia retaliation against increased pressure from the security forces, Terra.com reported Friday. Bogota metropolitan police head…
A judge ordered the company Movistar to pay Tigo $5.9 million (COP11 billion) for a breach of contract between the two Colombian telecommunications companies. According to a report from newspaper…
After returning from the World Economic Forum, President Juan Manuel Santos said that the world’s perception of Colombia is changing. “It was a successful visit,” Santos told RCN Radio Friday.…
Colombian officials capture “El Flaco,” a high ranking member of the ELN responsible for the security of one of the guerrilla group’s top commanders. Alirio Antonio, alias “El Flaco” or “Jorge,”…
A move to spend $37.7 million (COP70 billion) on new armored cars for members of Colombia’s Congress is causing controversy. Congress President Carlos Alberto Zuluaga asked the body’s managing director, Jairo Jaramillo,…
The number of homicides in Medellin was almost 30% lower in the first 25 days of January than in the same period the previous year, according to statistics from the…
Authorities are investigating the early morning double-homicide of two priests in Colombia’s capital, Bogota. Two priests were found shot to death in an abandoned car early Thursday morning in the…
Colombia’s minister of mining and energy orders the closure of the La Preciosa coal mine in the north of the country after Wednesday morning’s deadly blast reports Caracol Radio. Minister Carlos…