Bucaramanga: from chaotic no-man’s land to Colombia’s city of parks
Bucaramanga used to be territory disputed by multiple peoples. Now it’s one of...
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US journalist jailed in Colombia on arson, attempted homicide charges
An American journalist has been jailed in Colombia on charges of arson and attempted homicide,...
Northeast Colombia hospital unable to provide cancer treatment for 85 children
A total of 85 children with cancer and other hematological illnesses in northeastern Colombia have...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore to speak in Colombia
Former United States Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore arrived in...
Assistant director of northeast Colombia newspaper receives death threats
The assistant director of La Vanguardia Liberal, a newspaper from the northeast of Colombia,...
Bucaramanga airport expansion ready by 2016: authorities
Local authorities have announced the second stage of the expansion of the international airport in...
Man falls from 8th floor, fractures middle finger
A construction worker from the northeast of Colombia fell from the eight floor of a building, but...
7 suspected ELN members captured
Seven suspected members of the ELN guerrilla group were captured in the northeastern Colombian Santander department, reported Radio Caracol Thursday. The alleged members of the “Efrain Pabon Pabon” front of the ELN...
Colombian bank accidentally tosses $19K in the trash
A bank in northern Colombia searched desperately Wednesday through 3,000 tons of landfill waste for money that ended up in the trash. A bank employee mistakenly discarded $19,000 on Monday in the city of Bucaramanga in the...
Colombia police arrest ‘money mules’ with $140K in their stomachs
Colombia police have arrested two men trying to enter the country with $140,000 stashed in their stomachs, reported local media Tuesday. According to authorities, the two men travelled from Honduras to Panama, where they...
Colombian judge absolves 8 soldiers accused of killing civilians
A judge in the northeast of Colombian has absolved eight soldiers who had been accused of murdering civilians in order to present them as guerrillas killed in combat, the local army commander saif Friday. According to the...
Man tries selling baby for $110
Police in the northeast of Colombia have arrested a man who was trying to sell his eight-month-old baby for $110, local media reported Sunday. According to media reports, the man was arrested while offering to sell his child on...
