Colombia’s constitutional court legalized physician-assisted suicide (PAS) on Wednesday. The historic ruling decriminalized PAS for people who suffer from severe health conditions that patients consider a threat to their dignity.…
A prison guard who was arrested over the alleged jail break of “Matamba” claims that the drug lord “disappeared” to prevent him from confirming military involvement in drug trafficking. According…
Colombia’s prosecution has stepped up the criminalization of anti-government protests, claiming that protesters who organized must be tried as organized crime groups. The controversial argument was made by a prosecutor…
Marches to commemorate victims of police brutality during a national strike last year remained largely peaceful. According to Defense Minister Diego Molano, some 123 protests were organized throughout Colombia. Local…
Social organizations have called for a protests throughout Colombia to commemorate anti-government protests that kicked off exactly a year ago on Thursday. In Bogota, social organizations have additionally organized a…
A Bogota court ordered the prosecution to call Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe to trial on fraud and bribery charges. The ruling is a major blow for the former president,…
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…