Colombia seeks to ship coal overseas amid border closure
Colombia is evaluating the feasibility of shipping coal via its Caribbean ports now that land routes are closed off due to an ongoing border closure with Venezuela.
Colombia is evaluating the feasibility of shipping coal via its Caribbean ports now that land routes are closed off due to an ongoing border closure with Venezuela.
After a week of escalating tensions between Colombia and Venezuela, the United Nations called on the two neighbors to maintain “constructive dialogue” while the Organization of American States called a special meeting for…
Tensions with Venezuela have profound implications on the trajectory of Colombia – a country with an unpopular president, a stalling economy, and a protracted armed conflict.
More than 4,200 Colombians have fled Venezuela in response to Venezuela’s closing the most important border crossing and deporting over 1,000 Colombians.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited the border with Venezuela Wednesday evening days after more than a 1,000 Colombians were expelled from the neighboring country.
Five police officers were injured in a clash over land rights with indigenous communities in the Cauca province in southwest Colombia.
The foreign ministers of Venezuela and Colombia will meet on Wednesday amid major diplomatic tensions over the recent deportation of more than a 1,000 Colombian citizens living in the troubled…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office arrested 12 people including a former mayor and three candidates for allegedly tampering with voter registration forms.
Four coal miners died in central Colombia in the second deadly mining accident this summer, local media reported on Tuesday.