Locating Colombia’s stolen children
Estela looks down at her hands and her eyes easily well up with tears. She has shed so many over...
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Colombia’s congress sinks anti-gay adoption referendum bill
Colombia’s Congress has rejected a referendum that sought to rewind a Constitutional Court...
Colombia’s senate approves referendum on gay adoption ban
A bill that seeks a referendum to ban adoption by same-sex couples and singles passed through...
2 million Colombians request referendum to ban gay adoption
A petition signed by over 2 million Colombians against same sex couples adopting children, was...
Colombia’s gay adoption a ‘historic step’ or lacking ‘respect for children’?
A court ruling that secured Colombia’s gay couples the right to adopt children is a...
Colombia government asks congress to revise ban on gay adoption
Colombia’s government asked congress on Thursday to push legislation to allow adoption for...
Colombia court bars gay couples from adopting babies
Following weeks of heated public debate on homosexuality, Colombia’s constitutional court...
Marc Anthony receives $150K for north Colombia orphanage
An orphanage and school recently opened in Barranquilla by singer Marc Anthony has received a $150,000 donation for its operations. Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States, will donate $150,000...
Colombia gay adoption ruling ‘historic step’ toward LGBTI equality
Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that sexual orientation cannot be applied as a discriminating factor in second-parent adoption cases. The latest in a string of steadily favorable precedents set down by the...
Colombian court grants gay US father custody of adopted children
Colombia’s constitutional court on Wednesday ruled that gay US journalist Chandler Burr will...
Colombia partially suspends adoptions to foreigners
Colombia’s national family welfare institute on Thursday suspended accepting requests for...
‘120 adoptions on hold due to Colombia judicial strike’
Claims for adoption of Colombian children have come to a halt as hopeful foreign couples have to wait for a strike within the justice system to be resolved, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. A spokeperson for a French...
