ChocQuibTown receives gold record
Colombia’s salsa and hip-hop fusion group ChocQuibTown on Thursday received a Gold Record for sales of their latest album. The western Choco natives received two acknowledgements for their most recent album “Eso es…
Colombia’s salsa and hip-hop fusion group ChocQuibTown on Thursday received a Gold Record for sales of their latest album. The western Choco natives received two acknowledgements for their most recent album “Eso es…
Colombia’s Pacific department Choco is trying to convert itself into a potential tourism center to generate more employment in the region, reported Caracol Radio Wednesday. Though the western department of…
Inhabitants of Colombia’s northwestern department of Choco went on strike Wednesday to protest multinational miners’ increasing pressure on smaller-scale businesses which reportedly provide 80% of the department’s employment. Schools and shops…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office will charge 19 palm oil businesses after they allegedly met with paramiliatries and arranged for residents in the western department of Choco to be violently displaced from their…
Colombian police seized 179 kg of pure cocaine in the northwestern department of Choco, reported local media Tuesday. The cocaine, considered to be of “very high quality” according to police,…
A joint operation between Colombia’s Air Force and Army dealt another blow to guerrilla group FARC in the country’s west Thursday. Following three months of intelligence work, Colombian forces raided…
Colombia’s state council on Friday suspended the popular governor of the western Choco department while a lower court began investigating whether the governor should be dismissed over a 1997 corruption…
524 indigenous people displaced by Colombia’s ongoing armed conflict will leave Bogota to return to their homes in the western departments of Choco and Risaralda after having reached an agreement…
Colombia’s defense minister announced plans Thursday a month-long tour of the country to determine security needs in local communities. Senior military and police personnel will join Defense Minister Juan Carlos…