Chiquita Brands International, on April 4, filed a lawsuit to block the release of company records concerning the company’s illegal payments to Colombian paramilitary groups. Chiquita sued the U.S. Securities and…
Congressman Ivan Cepeda, a prominent human rights activist, on Thursday claimed his life is at risk after accusing ex-president Alvaro Uribe of paramilitary links. Cepeda said he receives threats on a daily basis…
Emerald czar Victor Carranza died on Thursday in Bogota from complications resulting from cancer; his death has created a power vacuum in the highly profitable emerald industry. Carranza died at…
The trial of ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s former secretary for his involvement in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, journalists, human rights workers and opposition politicians resumed Monday. BACKGROUND: Colombia’s Dirty…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday signed the last three building contracts to fully implement his plan to build 100,000 free houses for the poor. In the northern Colombian…
An alleged army report said alias “Carlos Pesebre,” the captured “leader” of Medellin’s largest crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado, could have been seeking a peace deal with the neo-paramilitary organization…
Colombian drug lord “El Tuso,” who had been released from a federal prison in the United States last week, on Tuesday was called to appear before a Colombian court to…
A Colombian TV show, “Tres Caines,” which fictionalizes the story of the country’s paramilitary violence, is under fire from victims groups and losing commercial sponsorships. “Tres Caines,” or “Three Cains”…
Former Colombian paramilitary leader “El Aleman” on Monday was sentenced to twenty years years in prison over the 2002 forced disappearance and homicide of a farmer. Freddy Rendon Herrera, the…