Human rights groups ask UN to protect Colombia’s Santurban Paramo from mining
A coalition of environmentalists and human rights groups denounced the Colombian...
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Bogota’s National University reopens after 24 days of strikes
The Bogota campus of the National University of Colombia returned to working normally on Monday, after over three weeks of strikes and lock-ins on the part of a disgruntled group of faculty members, who shut down classes and...
Read MoreCongressman calls for regulation of Bogota’s bicycle taxi service
Efrain Torres, one of Bogota’s delegates to Colombia’s House of Representatives, spoke...
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Colombia signs Free Trade Agreement with Panama
Colombia and Panama signed a free trade agreement with Panama Friday, putting an end to three...
Read MoreStrike freezes expansion of Colombia’s oil refining capability
One of the principle projects behind Colombia’s push for greater energy independence was put on hold Friday, when more than 10,000 construction workers at the Cartagena Oil Refinery (REFICAR) launched an indefinite labor...
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