Colombia coffee production up 52% in June
Coffee production in Colombia has grown by 52% in June, when compared to the same month last year, the National Federation of Coffee Growers said Monday. The increase in coffee production,…
Coffee production in Colombia has grown by 52% in June, when compared to the same month last year, the National Federation of Coffee Growers said Monday. The increase in coffee production,…
The woman who was caring for a 6-year-old girl when she plunged 18 stories from a building in Medellin has been charged with attempted murder, said police. Alejandra Salazar Rengifo,…
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos appointed a new justice minister Friday, following the resignation of Juan Carlos Esguerra amid the fallout of the controversial justice reform bill, newspaper El Espectador…
Colombia’s Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras accuses the ex-president’s brother of being part of a conspiracy plot to fabricate evidence against him after being accused of having links to a…
Police arrest 23 members of criminal gangs in northern Colombia Thursday, including 19 people belonging to the neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization “Los Urabeños.“ The gang members— who were arrested in…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed into law Wednesday his plan to give 100,000 houses to the country’s poorest citizens. “This law will give 100,000 families the opportunity to convert…
FARC guerillas have been blamed for a bombing in southwestern Colombia, which injured eight police officers and several civilians, local media reported. The bomb went off about 1PM Tuesday near…
Authorities regained control of a prison in northern Colombia after a massive riot Tuesday injured one guard and left smoke billowing from the roof, local media reported. Inmates seized control of…