Three Americans, one Spaniard and one Frenchman were forced to spend three days with dissident FARC guerrillas in Colombia’s eastern Amazonian region where they were kayaking. The release was confirmed by…
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A Chilean tourists was rescued by authorities in northwest Colombia on Sunday after a three-hour walk in the forest had become a four-day quest for survival. Chilean Nicole Rios was found…
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Authorities from Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, rescued a foreign tourist who had gotten lost in the city’s main nature reserve, Paruqe Arvi. The Dutchman was able to alert the authorities…
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he had suspended the environmental license that allowed a US oil company’s subsidiary to explore fracking possibilities near one of the country’s most precious ecosystems. Colombia suspends…
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Locals and Colombia tourism operators are furious after finding out the subsidiary of a US oil company is allowed to explore fracking possibilities near the springs of the Caño Cristales river, one…
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Colombia will declare six new natural national parks across the country in a move to conserve these ecosystems and protect this land from destruction as a result of mining and other activities. To protect…
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Due to “significant improvements” against human destruction, UNESCO removed Colombia’s Katios National Park from its list of World Heritage in Danger. Colombia’s Los Katios Park no longer in danger: UNESCO was last modified: June 12th,…
One of Colombia’s most iconic tourism destinations will remain closed to the public after protests by the local indigenous people. National Park Cocuy, located in the northeast of Colombia, was closed…
Authorities in central Colombia have closed six national parks amid fears that drought caused by weather phenomenon “El Niño” could spur forest fires. Colombia closes national parks around Bogota amid…
Colombia’s largest tourism operator, Aviatur, has suspended all operations on the Pacific island of Gorgona after a FARC attack over the weekend killed one policeman and injured six others. Colombia’s largest…