Crude production at Colombia’s La Cira-Infantas oilfield has fallen more than 80 percent during the last week, state-run oil company Ecopetrol said on Wednesday, due to protests by local residents…
Drop-out rates from Colombia’s formal educational institutions in the northern state of Santander are now at 1.2%, according to a report from the Ministry of Education.
Unknown men threw a grenade into a bar in the northern Colombian city of Barrancabermeja Saturday, killing one and injuring 27 According to media reports, two men on a motorcycle…
The second International Theater Festival for Peace will return to the central Colombian city of Barrancabermeja for nine days of collective creativity. The festival will be held from September 15…
Energy equipment conglomerate Estrella International Energy Services has shut down its Colombian rigs and platforms after labor unrest and demonstrations directed towards its client Ecopetrol, reported energy publication Platts Monday.…
Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol announced on Thursday that it will file lawsuits against labor union USO over damages and injuries inflicted during Wednesday’s worker protests. A press release by…
An alleged FARC explosive device has destroyed a section of a natural gas pipeline in the northern Caribbean coastal department of La Guajira for the second time in two weeks, Caracol…
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court has called to trial former congressman Jose Aristides Andrade for his alleged involvement in the murder of a local official in northern Colombia…
A major offensive against drug gangs in several Colombian cities led to the arrest of more than 40 suspected gang members, two of whom are top traffickers, authorities say. Police,…