Former guerrilla and socialist candidate Gustavo Petro won the Bogota mayor election and will assume the country’s second most important job on January 1. Petro who after 99.44% of the votes were counted received 32.16% of...
Read MoreColombia’s local elections saw a steep drop in violence, the government reported Sunday evening. Violence fell by 86% since the last local elections in 2007, Colombia’s Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras announced. Defense...
Read MoreTeresa Cristina –-the superstar of Brazil’s new generation of samba– will perform in Bogota on November 3. The Brazilian vocalist, best known as Cristina, made a name for herself with her 2002 tribute album to the music of...
Read MoreA demobilized paramilitary convicted for his role in the massacre of 59 people in north Colombia was registered as a victim in the same massacre, allowing his family to claim compensation, according to the Prosecutor General’s...
Read MoreSocialist candidate Gustavo Petro remained in the lead in the most recent poll for Bogota mayor, an office up for election on Sunday. According to the poll, conducted by the National Consulting Center (CNC) for CM&...
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