The criminal chamber of Colombia’s Supreme Court began preliminary investigations Wednesday into the alleged fraud which occured in the congressional elections in March, reports El Espectador. Officials involved in the…
Catholic priest and human rights activist Javier Giraldo claims that threats made against him come from state agencies working with paramilitaries, reports Terra. Giraldo, who works on behalf of Afro-Colombian communities in…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will visit the fire-destroyed town of Riosucio, in the north-west Choco department Tuesday, to observe the reconstruction effort and to speak to locals who lost everything…
Colombia’s Ministry of the Interior says that the mayor’s office was negligent in not having a fire department to fight the blaze that destroyed at least 60 houses and left…
A fire in the north-western Colombian town of Riosucio, in the Choco department, destroyed at least 60 houses and left some 100 families homeless, local media reported on Sunday. According to…
The recent threats against three Colombian human rights activists form part of an ongoing campaign to publicly discredit and smear their work of protecting Afro-Colombian communities in the Choco region,…
Colombia’s Choco department is set to get access to cheaper uninterrupted electricity thanks to a new project being implemented by Choco electricity company DISPAC, according to CM&. Many regions and…
Two former congress representatives for the northern Colombian department of Choco, Edgar Ulises Torres and Odin Sanchez Montes de Oca, were on Wednesday called to trial by the Supreme Court…
Colombian airline Avianca announced that it will open up a new connection between the central Colombian city of Medellin and Spain’s capital Madrid, as well as increasing flights between Bogota and…