Colombian authorities arrested a Bogota public prosecutor Saturday on suspicion of illegally benefiting paramilitary leaders under the Justice and Peace demobilization program. According to the investigations, prosecutor Hilda Jeaneth Niño…
Colombia’s anti-riot police unit ESMAD launched tear gas and water cannons at teachers in the capital Bogota as the educators’ strike demanding increased education investment completes one month. In a…
Colombia’s Minister of Environment told local media his country is “saddened” by US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States, which is the world’s second-largest CO2 emitter, from the Paris Climate…
Despite signing an historic peace agreement with the country’s oldest rebel group the FARC, Colombia edged out Venezuela as South America’s most violent country, according to Global Peace Index (GPI)…
Colombian scientist Juan Carlos Martinez is on the team working to send NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to explore the sun’s atmosphere during the 2018 summer. The unmanned 10-foot-high probe mission will come closer to the…
With the demobilization of the FARC underway, Colombia has vowed to combat the guerrillas’ rival paramilitary and crime groups that for decades have influenced society and politics. Amid increasing pressure to comply with commitments made in a…
Protesters on Tuesday called for the Colombian government to create an exclusive fund to tackle pressing public needs as they work towards a solution to the civil strike in the country’s largest port…
Colombia’s military signaled readiness to deploy troops to Afghanistan as it hopes to expand its role abroad in international peacekeeping missions through NATO and the UN, reported El Colombiano newspaper on Sunday. The…
More than 8-million Colombian students have been out of the classroom since May 12 when public school teachers across the country went on strike to demand better wages and increased education…