Ivan Cepeda is a Colombian senator, victim representative and one of the country’s most influential moral authorities on the left. His almost personal opposition to former President Alvaro Uribe has made him one of…
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Former president Alvaro Uribe has stepped up accusations that Colombia’s government is persecuting political opponents while catering to the “extreme left” as judicial pressure on his allies mounts. Uribe insists investigated…
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Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating a criminal network suspected of defrauding the country’s healthcare system for over $130 million in the past six months, it announced. New healthcare corruption scandal cost Colombia over $130M…
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A massive and controversial monument of Jesus Christ, which has sprung up in central-east Colombia in past weeks, is touted as the tallest such statue in the Americas. Colombia builds ‘tallest Jesus statue’…
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Colombia’s Navy said Tuesday it had rescued 40 tourists and two crew members aboard a ship that went adrift off the coast of San Andres island in the Caribbean Sea. Colombian navy saves 42 from…
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A peace deal between the Colombian government and the country’s largest rebel group FARC could have a detrimental effect on Colombia’s natural environment, the United Nations warned. Peace with FARC could…
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Both delegations at the ongoing peace talks between Colombia’s government and the rebel group FARC reiterated the importance of a referendum to seal an eventual deal after suggestions this might…
Allies of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his political rival, former President Alvaro Uribe, are too divided to jointly present a mayoral candidate for the capital Bogota where the leftist…
Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves told FC Sevilla striker Carlos Bacca he was “Colombian scum” during a Spanish league game on Sunday, the Colombian player complained. Carlos Bacca called ‘Colombian scum’ in Spain…
Colombia soccer star Radamel Falcao Garcia became even more of a national hero after securing a successful heart transplant surgery on a 17-year old boy from the north of the country. Falcao saves…