Melanie Bencosme is currently pursuing a master’s degree in international journalism from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. There she has written for publications like the International Business Times, Voices of NY and local publication, The Nabe. She has also produced and edited content for and hosted the show 219 West for CUNY-TV.
Senator Jose David Name was elected president of Colombia’s Congress on Sunday while past accusations of corruption and paramilitary ties loomed in the background.
In a well-known coffee country, opening a coffee shop could be like adding a drop of water to the ocean, but people in Bogota couldn’t wait to stand in an atrociously long…
The ex-security chief under former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe can add bribery to his long list of accusations, including ties to paramilitaries, crime lords in Bogota, and drug trafficking links that date back…
A project set to supply electricity to Colombia’s coffee belt is sparking controversy after officials and environmental specialists have spoken out and threatened to block the project scheduled to begin in…
Colombia’s National Police and Navy must issue a court-ordered apology for not intervening in the 1996 slaughter of 14 people by paramilitaries in northwestern Colombia, national media reported on Wednesday.
The Australian government is set to open an office to process visas to Colombia on July 24, according to Colombia’s national ADN publication.
In the San Antonio neighborhood of Cali, Colombia, the bright houses line up the hills while graffiti on empty walls adds to the artistic environment where painters sell their work…
Cases of Alzheimer’s disease are being underestimated in Colombia by 50%, according to a study by ICESI University in Cali, Colombia.
A charity in the UK has received $843,200 from a donation to help protect children from sexual violence in Cali, Colombia, according to a non-departmental public body responsible for distributing money for…