An Urbista Senator proposed offering economic incentives to political parties who have homosexual political representatives in their ranks. The suggestion follows criticisms that the Colombian Congress needs political reform. Senator…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe proposed that the management of unemployment insurance be moved from the private to the public sector. Uribe said that the State is not in a position…
Colombian trade unions announced they plan to sue U.S. multinational Drummond for paying protection money to paramilitary groups that murdered more than 220 people. Tarsicio Mora, the president of CUT,…
Anyone who has stayed in Colombia for more than two months knows the feeling of doom that creeps over you when That Time of the Month rolls around again… Yes,…
Minority groups in the Uribe government’s coalition are seeking to form a single party, newspaper El Tiempo reported Wednesday. 31 Congressmen and women Convergencia Ciudadana, Apertura Liberal, Partido Verde Opción…
There is a suicide in Bogota every 33 hours, according to a report released by a government institution based in Colombia’s capital city. Veeduría Distrita, a governmental body that researches…
Two electricity towers were blown up in the eastern department of Aracua early Wednesday morning, leaving many of its inhabitants without electricity local media reported. Arauca Energy, the company that…
Authorities in Bogota are concerned that the expected arrival of a large group of displaced people in the nation’s capital, could create a “social emergency”. It is anticipated that the…
A FARC guerrilla demobilized and handed himself over to the police after ten years as a member of the illegal left-wing organization. The 26 year old guerrilla known as ‘Eliseo’…