An officially 150-year-old woman from the northern Colombian department of Bolivar swears she is not the world’s oldest woman and that authorities made a mistake. Osmelia Miranda, who doesn’t look…
A road accident in the north of Colombia on Wednesday killed three marines and injured another 19, local media reported. According to preliminary reports, the truck the marines were traveling…
A Colombian prosecutor on Thursday ordered the arrest of former Liberal congressman Alfonso Lopez Cossio for alleged ties to paramilitary groups. The case investigator substituted house arrest for a prison…
The Colombian Caribbean town of San Cristobal has not recorded a single violent death since 2004, making it one of the most peaceful municipalities in the country. San Cristobal, located…
Natalia Navarro Galvis, representing the Bolivar department, was elected Miss Colombia 2009 on Monday following days of parades of the country’s most beautiful women in Cartagena. The 22-year-old Navarro was…
Notorious ex-paramilitary boss Rodrigo Mercado Peluffo, alias ‘Cadena’, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of commanding the Massacre of Macayepo in northern Colombia in 2000.…
Inhabitants of Turbana, Bolivar, discovered Sunday a centuries-old cemetery underneath their houses, courtyards, and streets. People in Turbana believe the ramains are part of a precolombian indian burial place because…
Officials of Colombia’s General Prosecutor’s Office Wednesday arrested the former governor of Bolivar for his alleged ties to paramilitary organization AUC. According to investigations of an anti-terrorism prosecutor, former governor…
Turbaco, a small town near Colombia’s Caribbean coast, celebrated the birthday of U.S. President and local hero Barack Obama Tuesday in true Turbaco style. The town’s former mayor, Silvio Carrasquilla,…