Colombia coca cultivation rivaled by Peru
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s World Drug Report 2011 showed a 6% decrease in global coca cultivation area directly related to reductions in Colombia, while Peruvian…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s World Drug Report 2011 showed a 6% decrease in global coca cultivation area directly related to reductions in Colombia, while Peruvian…
An extradited leader of the defunct Norte del Valle cartel Hernando Gomez, alias “Rasguño,” has declared that the police worked with the cartel to kill Conservative Party Senator Alvaro Gomez…
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Colombia to “investment status” thanks in part to achievements from President Juan Manuel Santos, the credit ratings firm announced Wednesday. “Colombia’s upgrade to investment grade is…
Multinational corporations presented proposals to the Colombian Ministry of Transportation to improve competitiveness and permit more foreign investment in the transportation sector, reported La Republica Wednesday. The multinationals proposed changes…
The Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development, Beatriz Uribe Botero, ratified a bill that will allocate $42 million (COP75 billion) towards the rebuilding of houses affected by the rainy…
Three Colombian drug traffickers wanted in Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil were captured in different parts of Colombia Tuesday, reported El Espectador. According to a police report, 30 year old Julian…
A north Colombian bishop reaffirmed the willingness of the leaders of 5,000 criminal gang members to surrender themselves and their troops, while National Police Commander General Oscar Naranjo rejected any…
More than 1,000 complaints of voter tampering were announced before the Electoral Monitoring Committee and the Ministry of Interior and Justice. Colombia’s National Electoral Registry announced 1,000 complaints from voters…
Flyers circulating in a northern municipality revealed local infidelities, sex for money exchanges and other types of promiscuous behavior, newspaper El tiempo reported Monday. Local authorities in the municipality of…