In a historic hearing of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal, soldiers and former army commanders admitted they executed 120 civilians between 2007 and 2008. The public hearing was held in Ocaña,…
Colombia’s poverty rate dropped 3.2 percentage points to 39.3% in 2021 as the country tried to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, according to statistics agency DANE. This implies that an…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court is investigating whether the government of President Ivan Duque is responsible for the mass killing of community leaders and rights defenders. The high court on Monday summoned…
The number of people who identify themselves as right-wing has decreased dramatically since 2019, according to Colombia’s statistics agency DANE. The statistics agency asked people to ranked their political bias…
An alleged emissary of the Sinaloa Cartel was arrested in Cali on Friday, Colombia’s police chief told press. Brian Donaciano Olguin, a.k.a. “Pitt,” was arrested in an operation in the…
At least 20 women and children were injured when riot police attacked indigenous protesters in Colombia’s capital Bogota, the local ombudsman said Thursday. Riot police unit ESMAD attacked the protesters…
A mudslide killed at least 11 people in northwest Colombia, local authorities said Thursday. The mudslide took place in Abriaqui, a town that is located 68 kilometers (42 miles) northwest…
Locals living along Colombia’s southern border are terrorized by “Border Commandos” that want to control drug trafficking routes that were abandoned by now-defunct guerrilla group FARC. The group controls the…
Locals from Colombia’s western Choco province are begging for help amid a humanitarian crisis that appears to be spiraling out of control. One in 10 inhabitants of Choco’s rural regions…