Thousands of Colombian coffee growers went on strike Monday demanding that the government provide greater financial support for the struggling industry. While the exact number of protestors has not yet…
The charming town of Salento is nestled among the hills of Colombia’s coffee region, in the country’s west Quindio department.
Colombian children below the age of 14 have been committing significantly more crimes due to changes made in 2006 to the criminal justice system, according to a new study funded…
Colombia is the 7th most desirable nation in the world to retire to, according to the global travel magazine “International Living.” Each year the magazine publishes an index that ranks…
A police lieutenant was killed and three officers wounded Thursday while on patrol in the north of Colombia. Lieutenant Rafael Robinson Rodríguez Calbache was allegedly on patrol in the early…
Colombia’s largest left wing guerrilla group, FARC, will not extend a unilateral ceasefire which will end on January 20, reported Reuters Wednesday. “There will be no extension to the unilateral…
Senator Aurelio Iragorri met with Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro to say that the coalition U Party does not support the impeachment initiative., local media reported. Iragori allegedly notified Petro that…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday canceled this week’s trip to Venezuela after the government of that country announced President Hugo Chavez is too ill to attend his own…
The Colombian government and the FARC are to receive more than 400 proposals solicited from agricultural producers and peasant farmers during a forum run by the United Nations, ahead of…