Trapped miners rescued in Boyaca
Relief workers have rescued three coal miners from a mine in the central Colombian Boyaca department, after five hours trapped underground, local media reported. The miners became trapped when the…
Relief workers have rescued three coal miners from a mine in the central Colombian Boyaca department, after five hours trapped underground, local media reported. The miners became trapped when the…
The annual Boyaca tomato festival,”La Gran Tomatina Colombiana,” is in danger of being cancelled for a second year due to a long, rainy winter. The Tomatina, which usually takes place…
A powerful explosion at an emerald mine in the north central Colombian department of Boyaca injured two workers after their apparent improper handling of dynamite, RCN Radio reported Tuesday. The blast took place…
Suspected ELN members burned a bus Sunday belonging to the Cooperative Steel Transporters (COOTRACERO) in the east Colombian Boyaca department, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. The terrorist act was committed by…
An ex-paramilitary fighter has claimed that part of his former group’s funding came from the looting of emerald mines in the department of Boyaca with the full knowledge of the…
Two mining accidents in the department of Boyaca, northeast of Colombia’s capital Bogota, have left three workers dead and one trapped, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. The most recent accident…
Forest fires in Colombia have scorched 1228 acres of land and crops since the turn of the year, as temperatures surpass 97 degrees Fahrenheit, reports EFE Friday. The 16 fires…
A bus carrying 36 passengers crashed early Tuesday morning in northeast Colombia leaving six dead and 28 injured. The bus left the city of Bucaramanga in the northeast department of…
Transparency for Colombia, the Colombian chapter of Transparency International, on Thursday released its 2008-2009 Departmental and Municipal Transparency Indexes which measure corruption in Colombia’s local government bodies. The indexes measure the…