Corruption cost Colombia’s disaster management agency UNGRD more than $60 million since 2022, acting Comptroller General Carlos Mario Zuluaga told weekly Cambio. In an interview, Zuluaga told Cambio that 20…
Rodolfo Hernandez, who ended second in Colombia’s presidential election of 2022 was sentenced to five years and four months for corruption. The judge ruled that Hernandez will be allowed to…
Teachers laid down work on Wednesday for the first major strike since Colombia’s first leftist president in history took office. The strike was organized by teachers union Fecode in response…
Chiquita must compensate victims of paramilitary organization AUC, which received financial support of the banana corporation in Colombia, a US court ruled. The sentence is a major victory for nine…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Saturday that his government “will suspend coal exports to Israel until the genocide is stopped.” The trade ministry published a presidential draft decree “whereby a…
The disciplinary commission of Colombia’s judicial branch announced charges against the prosecutor who is investigating the son of President Gustavo Petro. According to the National Commission for Judicial Discipline, prosecutor…
Colombia’s Congress passed a bill that bans bullfighting in the country. The House of Congress voted in favor of the bill that had already been approved by the Senate. Only…
Colombia accounts for almost half of the human rights defenders who were assassinated globally around the world, according to human rights NGO Front Line Defenders. In its annual report, Front…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro called on his American counterpart, Joe Biden, to stop supporting “those who today promote barbarism.” Petro made the call amid tensions between the US Government and…