Victims of illegal wiretapping by Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS want leaked diplomatic cables to be used as evidence in cases against intelligence and government officials. According to former Supreme Court…
The United Nations announces that it will give $6 million in aid over the next three months to help the victims of Colombia’s harsh rainy season, on the organization’s website. Colombia’s…
U.S. President Barack Obama told Colombia’s Ambassador Gabriel Silva the U.S. government continues to be committed to Plan Colombia and that the bilateral counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency initiative has shown results,…
Assassins on Thursday murdered four adolescents in the north-east of Medellin, Caracol Radio reports. According to the radio station’s website, suspected members of a gang from the Castilla neighborhood first…
A recent report from Doctors Without Borders (MSF) documents Colombians’ struggle to access healthcare. The report surveyed 977 people in seven different departments in Colombia. According to the report 33.6%…
Colombia’s Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez claims that his dismissal of Senator Piedad Cordoba in November led to the FARC’s decision this week to release five hostages, reports El Espectador. Ordoñez said that he…
Colombian investigative website Verdad Abierta says that 2010 is the most violent year since the demobilization of the paramilitaries in 2006, due to the rise of emerging criminal groups. Summarizing…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced that it will begin assessing documents released by Wikileaks to see if they contain more information about illegal wiretapping by security agency DAS, reports RCN.…
Twenty-six members of an international drug smuggling network were arrested in Colombia and the United Kingdom by Colombia’s Anti-Narcotics Unit in conjunction with British authorities, reports El Pais. The network sent…