Pope calls for peace In Colombia
Pope Benedict XVI has sent Christmas prayers to the Colombian people, calling for roads to peace to be opened. Colombian bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba said he had received a telegram…
Pope Benedict XVI has sent Christmas prayers to the Colombian people, calling for roads to peace to be opened. Colombian bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba said he had received a telegram…
Farmers accused of faking displacement rallied in Bogota Wednesday to demand an apology from Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. About 100 farmers from Las Pavas, a community which has been…
More than 500 farmers arrive in Cartagena, north Colombia, after a two-day march to demand justice for a massacre committed in 2002. The villagers walked from Maria La Baja, a…
Colombian military and police have detained a guerrilla alleged to be the chief financial officer for a FARC front which perpetrated a massacre in 2002, reported newspaper El Colombiano. The…
Rescue workers digging up three houses buried in a landslide in northern Colombian have found the bodies of four minors, aged between 5 and 17, reported Radio Caracol Wednesday. Eleven…
An 18-year-old singer has died during surgery to improve her nose in north eastern Colombia. Katyuska Mendoza, a member of the Vallenatos Children band, had the operation at a clinic…
Colombia’s foreign ministry has confirmed it has requested the extradition of the former director of the now defunct intelligence agency, DAS, from Panama. Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who was granted…
Colombian superstar Juanes is offering one fan the chance to sing with him on an MTV Unplugged album next year. The rock legend, who has sold more than 12 million…
The Colombian agriculture minister said Tuesday a United Nations report blaming the forced displacement of people off their land on weak governance and corruption was “biased,” reported newspaper El Espectador.…