Colombia’s prosecutor general has been hospitalized for an unknown condition, her office announced Wednesday. The prosecutor general’s office released a short press release stating that Prosecutor General Viviane Morales had…
Former mayor and current Bogota mayoral candidate Antanas Mockus must file his candidacy quickly to avoid being disqualified, El Espectador reported Thursday. Mockus must file his candidacy before a new…
A Colombia’s Inspector General official requested the removal of a Canadian company’s mining license Wednesday to protect a natural park, Caracol Radio reported. Special Prosecutor for Environmental and Agricultural Affairs…
A FARC guerrilla was sentenced Wednesday to 48 years in prison for the murder of four Awa indigenous people in southern Colombia in early 2009. Omar Herrera alias “Marcolino” –himself…
The third International Meeting of Andean Cultures will be held this August in the southwestern Colombian city of Pasto, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. The meeting will feature academics, artists,…
Colombia’s government called on mayors and governors Wednesday to finish spending emergency flood funds in the next two months. Everado Murillo, the manager of Colombia Huminitaria, Colombia’s special humanitarian organization,…
A report released by the Colombian Finance Ministry argues that rulings by Colombia’s judiciary could cost the country as much as $21 billion, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. The report…
The Colombian army announced the capture of a leader of the FARC’s 25th Front on Wednesday, as well as seven other FARC guerrillas in central Colombia. Army officials announced that…
The archbishop of Bogota said that homosexuals should neither marry nor adopt, and that they may be unfit for the priesthood. Archbishop Ruben Salazar said that homosexuals had the right…