Text messages to help centuries-old Choco mining tradition
Artisanal mining traditions and culture dating back to when the Spanish first brought African slaves to mine the region known today as Choco, are being reintroduced into the 21st century…
Artisanal mining traditions and culture dating back to when the Spanish first brought African slaves to mine the region known today as Choco, are being reintroduced into the 21st century…
A complex criminal network linked to drug trafficking group “Los Rastrojos” was dismantled in the western Colombian department of Choco, with 13 out of the 37 captured coming from the…
The lumbering of trees in the Colombian Pacific rain forest by a Canadian company must be suspended announced the vice minister of environment on W Radio Thursday. Environment Vice Minister…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has played down the gravity of the FARC “kidnapping” situation in the Pacific department of Choco but said the problem is now resolved, Caracol Radio…
Colombian armed forces rescued over 100 people held hostage by the FARC’s 34th Front in the Las Mercedes village of the Choco department on Tuesday night. The rescue mission was…
Colombia’s Interior and Justice Minister German Vargas Lleras and Military Chief Admiral Edgar Cely have contradicted each other’s accounts of the FARC “kidnapping” situation in the western Colombian department of…
Alleged guerrilles of the FARC continued their blockade of a river in the western Colombian department of Choco, holding some 250 people hostage in a small village, despite allowing some…
The FARC are reportedly using 200 people as human shields in the north western part of the country reported El Espectador Monday. More than 3,000 villagers are also in reported…
A 13-year-old boy is in a serious condition after an explosive went off in the western Colombian department of Choco, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. Four children apparently came across the…