Cauca issues red alert due to flood fears
Local authorities in the southwest department of Cauca issued a preventive red alert warning on Tuesday night for residents along the department’s river banks after heavy rains, El Espectador reports.…
Local authorities in the southwest department of Cauca issued a preventive red alert warning on Tuesday night for residents along the department’s river banks after heavy rains, El Espectador reports.…
A massive landslide in the southwestern department of Cauca destroyed several homes on Monday though there are no reports of any casualties. The landslide struck the village of La Playa…
Refugees International (RI) called on President Juan Manuel Santos Tuesday to step up action to provide humanitarian assistance for the thousands of Colombians who are still suffering from the effects…
One student died and at least four people were injured in an explosion in the southern Colombian University of Nariño, local media reported Thursday. University student Andres Arteago Ceballos died from…
The government is set to put forward its “plan B” to assist victims of the rainy season’s devastating floods after the Constitutional Court rejected an extension to the flood emergency…
A Colombian citizen is still missing in Japan two weeks after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the country, local media reported on Friday. The man identified as Luis Ayakama…
The Council of State has ordered the Ministry of Defense and the civil aviation authority to compensate the family of a soldier who died in a plane crash over 20…
The Colombian government has announced it will send a plane to Japan this weekend to evacuate the some 300 Colombian nationals that wish to return after last week’s earthquake and tsunami,…
The Colombian stock exchange dropped 2.43% Tuesday, reflecting the widespread economic impact of the disaster in Japan. According to a report on economic news site Portafolio, the fall was the…