Colombian blue helmets in Haiti unharmed
Bogota announced on Wednesday that the 26 Colombian soldiers in the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti have been located and were not injured in the earthquake that hit the Caribbean…
Bogota announced on Wednesday that the 26 Colombian soldiers in the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti have been located and were not injured in the earthquake that hit the Caribbean…
The U.S. Government granted US$700,000 to help the Colombian authorities fight the forest fires raging across the South American nation. U.S. Ambassador to Bogota William Brownfield asked Washington for help…
3,100 hectares of forest were destroyed by forest fires that have been raging across Colombia for the past few weeks, the country’s government announced. The national government last week declared…
Colombia’s environment minister announced the closure of national parks and a prohibition on cook-outs and bonfires, due to the country’s disastrous ongoing forest fires. According to reports by Canal Caracol,…
Ongoing forest fires south of Bogota forced local authorities to declare an emergency as the flames threaten to destroy neighborhoods in the southeast of the capital. The Cundinamarca department that…
Authorities issued a red alert in the southern Colombian department of Pasto Wednesday after an eruption of the local Galeras volcano. According to local vulcanologists, the volcano erupted at 9:14AM.…
President Alvaro Uribe and Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno will coordinate the largest tremor drill in Colombia’s history. The drill will take place at 62 emergency scenarios in Bogota, will last…