Colombia’s Defense Minister defended his country’s anti-riot police unit ESMAD after the United Nations urged a “profound transformation” and investigation into human rights violations. In an interview with Blu Radio,…
Two soldiers were killed, one was taken hostage and a major forest fire broke out in central Colombia after military efforts to try to evict communities living in a nature…
Colombia’s defense minister said Tuesday that he his US counterpart agreed to dramatically increase the forced eradication of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, to 130,000 hectares. Defense Minister Carlos…
In the midst of a major wiretapping scandal, Colombia’s largest newspaper El Tiempo is stepping up its reporting on unconfirmed conspiracy theories based on “military intelligence.” The newspaper on Tuesday…
President Ivan Duque on Saturday refused to acknowledge he knew about Colombia’s biggest wiretapping scandal in more than a decade and vowed “zero tolerance” against those involved. According to weekly…
Colombia’s defense minister said Friday that three people were killed and 272 were injured after unrest that followed Thursday’s peaceful national strike. According to Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, two…
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque put Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo in charge of Defense after former minister Guillermo Botero was forced to resign. With the appointment, Duque put one of…
Colombia’s foreign minister on Wednesday explained to Congress that “experience is no requirement” for diplomatic posts in response to concerns about a lack of professionals. Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo…
Colombia’s foreign minister is in trouble over apparent narco support for Venezuela’s opposition and a conspiracy theory aimed to discredit Venezuela’s disputed President Nicolas Maduro. The political crusade of Foreign…