Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro announced plans to improve the capital city’s Transmilenio mass transit system, local media reported Tuesday. The new measures included the addition of 40 new buses by April 9, part…
Sultry Colombian actress Sofia Vergara is the cover girl for the April 2012 issue of Esquire. The 39 year-old superstar with the “greatest accent of our time” has been busy…
Colombian authorities have captured an alleged middleman between major Colombian drug tracking organization “Los Rastrojos” and leading European drug cartels, reported local media Monday. Rafael Ivan Zapata Cuadros, alias ‘Rasgao’, is…
Colombian rock legend Juanes told local media Monday that U.S. music festival South by Southwest had changed his life. The superstar ended his trip to the international music event in…
A Liberal Party councillor is killed and another critically injured in two separate attacks in southwest Colombia, reported local media Sunday. Jesús Narváez, a councillor in the San Sebastian municipality…
Six retired military officers were sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a 16-year cover-up in the murder of two unarmed guerilla peace negotiators, the Attorney General…
More than 5.5 million impoverished Colombians have received state support since August 2010 as part of a national anti-poverty drive, the government reported Friday. The United Network program is part of…
The upcoming Colombian-Venezuelan Binational Film Festival will feature the 12 best movies made in each country over the past three years. Films will compete for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Audience…
A major conference to be held before next month’s Summit of the Americas in Colombia will bring together continental presidents and global business giants like Facebook and PepsiCo, reported local…