Prosecutors issued arrest warrants Wednesday for five more Colombians suspected of embezzling billions of dollars in taxes. Andrea Botina Botero, Diana Marcela Ramos, Antonio Ramon Angulo, and Fernardo Vargas Quinceno…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos admitted in an interview with Colombian press agency Colprensa Wednesday that the security situation in his country has worsened this year. “There are voices that…
A Spanish battery that is more than 200 years old was discovered in the northern Colombian city of Cartagena, El Heraldo reported Wednesday. The battery was discovered by a local…
The Colombian opposition party Polo Alternativo Democratico (PDA) selected a relative newcomer Tuesday as its candidate for the Bogota mayoral race. Aurelio Suarez Montoya, an engineer from Bogota, was selected…
Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales agreed on a renewed labor deal with workers, ending a strike that reportedly mobilized ten thousand protestors. The agreement was reached after six hours of…
The mayor of Bogota, Clara Lopez, accused the minister of transportation of putting “obstacles” in front of the effort to construct a new metro system Tuesday. Lopez said that she…
Salsa legend Joe Arroyo received a tracheotomy Tuesday to improve his condition, El Colombiano reported. Arroyo received the operation, which consists of making an insertion in the patient’s trachea, to…
An avalanche in southwestern Colombia affected 30 families and left a 50-year-old woman temporarily stranded Monday night. The mudslide tore through the town of El Aguilla in the Valle del…
The alleged mastermind of Colombia’s tax embezzlement scandal, which cost the government billions of dollars, pleaded guilty to corruption charges Tuesday. Blanca Jasmin Bercerra, who is accused of organizing the…