Prisoners all over Colombia have gone on hunger strike to protest pervasive overcrowding and unbearable conditions. Calls for the resignation of the director of the country’s prison authority rose on…
“We will not rest until the people feel at ease in their homes, in their streets and in their parks,” President Juan Manuel Santos told the people of Colombia Tuesday…
“El Niño,” a weather phenomenon that will increase temperatures and decrease rainfall, is extremely likely to hit Colombia, according to meteorologists. The chances of El Niño affecting Colombia have risen…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos praised Caterine Ibarguen’s triple jump medal via Twitter. Santos called the jump and Colombia’s fourth medal “the greatest achievement for Colombia,” in a Tweet Sunday. Ibuargen’s…
The smuggling of cattle from Venezuela poses the risk of an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease in Colombia, according to the country’s agriculture minister. “A lot of contraband cattle is entering…
Colombian athlete Yuri Alvear won a bronze medal in women’s Judo. Alvear, who won the world championship in 2009, did not make it to the final round in the under-70kg…
Since July 24 the number of acres affected by forest fires has more than doubled, local media reported Tuesday. According to reports from the National System of Emergencies, nearly 7,400…
The former head of the investigative branch of Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office will be investigated over an alleged overcharge for vehicles when she was in office. The investigation will seek…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office will charge 19 palm oil businesses after they allegedly met with paramiliatries and arranged for residents in the western department of Choco to be violently displaced from their…