Colombia’s Polo Democratico and veteran socialist Antonio Navarro Wolf have cut ties, local media reported Monday. A Polo Democratico committee voted to withdraw recognition from Navarro, who’s also the governor…
The Colombian army has uncovered 100kg of marijuana at a sugar cane plantation in the south west of the country, according to newspaper El Espectador. The haul, found near the…
Killer plants have gone on display in a new exhibition at a Colombian nature reserve. The exhibition, at the Bioparque La Reserva in Cota, a town near Bogota, will offer…
The trial of former Bogota mayor Samuel Moreno will start on January 24, with current mayor Gustavo Petro as a key witness. Colombia’s Prosecutor General announced details of proceedings against…
The Colombian government has announced plans to recruit U.S. volunteers to improve English levels in schools. The 36 volunteers will work with more than 5,000 pupils in schools which authorities…
Cartagena authorities have announce stringent security plans for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, after U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed he would attend. It will be Obama’s first visit to…
More than 11,000 acres of stolen land was returned are displaced families as Colombia’s historic Victims Law came into effect Thursday. “Today we begin the Great Agrarian Revolution of…
A Colombian court has convicted the FARC’s supreme leader, “Timochenko,” of the murder of an archbishop in 2002. The guerrilla leader, real name Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry, was sentenced in absentia…
Colombian ex-senator and peace advocate Piedad Cordoba has denied the FARC wants a new demilitarized zone (DMZ) in order to negotiate with the government. Cordoba, who liaises with the rebel…