Thirty docking companies in Colombia’s Pacific port of Buenaventura were fined over $170,000 by the Ministry of Labor for violating workers’ rights, Colombian media reported Friday. An inspection found that…
The Colombian Navy discovered two alleged FARC cocaine labs in a rural area of southwestern Colombia. The Navy reported Wednesday that the laboratories located in a rural area of Buenaventura contained…
A emergency lane has been opened on the road linking the Pacific port of Buenaventura to the interior of Colombia, blocked by a landslide over the weekend. It’s hoped the…
The closure of the road between the Pacific port of Buenaventura and the interior of Colombia is stopping the transport of $4 million of cargo per day, economic magazine Dinero reported…
The Colombian government has designated $30.24 million to confront emergencies caused by the current rainy season. During an extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers, Monday, it was decided that…
The head of the FARC’s 30th Front, Jorge Naphtali Umenza Velasco, alias “Mincho,” was killed on Thursday in a bombing raid in the rural area of Buenaventura during a Navy…
The Colombian Navy rescued 43 passengers, including five children and seven women, from a boat that capsized off the Pacific coast. The ship was adrift in an area known as…
Relief agencies have uncovered the body of a 11-year-old girl missing since Friday near the Pacific port city Buenaventura, bringing the total dead from a Friday landslide up to four,…
Detectives from DAS, Colombia’s intelligence agency have arrested the former mayor of the Pacific port city Buenaventura for embezzlement, Colombian media reported Friday. Ex Mayor Saulo Quiñones Garcia along with…