The AIS agricultural subsidy program, which was at the center of a corruption scandal last year, will restart in January 2011, Colombia’s Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo said Tuesday. Restrepo claims that…
Researchers on Monday reported that they have found three new frog species in Colombia, including one that resembles Mr. Burns from “The Simpsons,” as they searched for species that have…
There’s not much to see in San Antonio de Pereira, a town about an hours drive away from Medellin, but there is a lot to taste – it is a…
The Marimba music of Colombia’s southern Pacific coast and the legal system of the Wayuu indigenous people on Tuesday were added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The decision was…
Fifteen teenagers from one of Medellin’s poorest neighborhoods, Comuna 8, give an insight into their daily life through “Constructing social change through photography,” an exhibition of photos in the Public…
The Cocora Valley, high in the Andes and surrounded by mountain peaks, was named a wildlife sanctuary in 1985 by then-President Belisario Betancur, to prevent exploitation of the wax palm,…
Colombia’s Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin states the Supreme Court will decide whether to extradite suspected drug trafficker Walid Makled to Venezuela, and that the neighboring country requested the extradition…
Supporters of dismissed politician Piedad Cordoba bring a legal action before the Superior Court of Bogota to ask that Cordoba resume her position as senator, reports El Espectador. The supporters…
Medellin is hosting the Second International Symposium on Historical Memory this week. The symposium is designed to foster an open discussion about Colombia’s history and produce documents that will affect…