Mayor will keep trying to bring US consulate to Medellin
The Medellin mayor won’t give up on the idea of a U.S. consulate in Colombia’s second city. A representative of the Bogota U.S. embassy however has put a damper on…
The Medellin mayor won’t give up on the idea of a U.S. consulate in Colombia’s second city. A representative of the Bogota U.S. embassy however has put a damper on…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Gina Parody as his presidential adviser on Bogota on Wednesday. Santos made the announcement during the launch of the Public Policy of Gender Equality…
Five former high-ranking officials were part of the “criminal structure” of Mauricio Santoyo, ex-head of security for former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, said Representative Ivan Cepeda Wednesday. Cepeda made the claims…
Canadian oil company Petrominerales on Wednesday said it had found oil in central Colombia. The company which has 15 exploration blocks in the Deep Llanos and Putumayo basins in Colombia…
Colombia’s Legal framework for Peace “sends a dangerous message” to players in the armed conflict said Amnesty International at the opening of the Human Rights Council of the U.N. in…
The Colombian military has launched a counter-insurgency offensive to curb rebel attacks on infrastructure, announced Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon on Wednesday. According to Pinzon, the offensive, dubbed “Plan Republica,”…
Rebels burned three oil tankers and battled with Colombian armed forces in the western Choco department on Tuesday. Three tankers were attacked on the road by presumed guerrillas near the town…
A Colombian woman who laundered more than $1.5 million for the mafia may be extradited, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. Juliana Rubio Isaza who worked for the now liquidated…
Colombian General Motors (GM) worker Jorge Parra is on hunger-strike again, and this time he is in Washington D.C. Parra has been protesting what he says was his unfair dismissal…