Colombia’s government and security forces went mute after a grenade attack on the city hall of Buenaventura, the country’s largest port city, on Saturday. Inspector General Fernando Carrillo fiercely rejected…
The assassination of a community leader from Colombia’s largest port city on the Pacific has increased tensions between the country’s black minority and the national government. Community leader Temistocles Machado…
Almost 800 families from Colombia’s largest port city on the Pacific coast, Buenaventura, are at risk of violence by illegal armed groups, according to the country’s ombudsman. Locals are facing…
Nearly 1,900 people have been forcibly displaced from their homes this year by illegal armed groups in western Colombia, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the…
Torture houses. Dismemberment. Kids as young as 10 recruited into the illegally armed groups. Sexual violence rife. Innocent people killed. A population terrorized. When people read my recently released novel,…
The human rights commission of the Organization of American States (OAS), has urged Colombia to investigate allegations of excessive police violence during protests in the country’s largest port city. According…
Colombia’s government on Tuesday reached an agreement that will lift the strike in the port city of Buenaventura. In the early hours of the morning a deal was brokered that…
After almost three weeks of social unrest and extreme state violence in Colombia’s largest port city Buenaventura, the defense minister sent another 3,000 soldiers to the city while negotiations with locals continue. The massive influx…
Protesters on Tuesday called for the Colombian government to create an exclusive fund to tackle pressing public needs as they work towards a solution to the civil strike in the country’s largest port…