Petro vows to raise taxes for the rich, ban arms
New Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro vows to raise taxes for the rich and decree a full ban on carrying weapons as one of many measures to decrease inequality in Colombia’s…
New Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro vows to raise taxes for the rich and decree a full ban on carrying weapons as one of many measures to decrease inequality in Colombia’s…
A new study says more than 3,000 square miles (800,000 hectares) of Colombia’s woodlands have been cleared since 1981 in the planting and destruction of drug crops. The study released…
Colombia has a stunning deforestation rate of 86 acres per hour, according to the country’s Environment Ministry. Environment Minister Frank Pearl says the country has destroyed a total of 14.8…
Heavy rain in Colombia has killed 38 people since the start of the rainy season, a report from the International Committee of the Red Cross revealed Thursday. The latest victim…
A campaign has been launched in Santa Marta to encourage the capture and eating of the invasive lionfish, which is responsible for damaging the delicate ecosystem of Colombia’s Caribbean coast.…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos named Tuesday the country’s new ministers of environment and housing, and designates environmental issues as a priority for the government. The president assigned Frank Pearl…
A report by an environmental NGO, presented Thursday, has stated Colombia’s Amazon region contributes 1% of GDP and covers nearly half of the national territory, Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported. The most important forest…
Hollywood star, environmental activist, and part-time renegade archaeologist Harrison Ford will head to Colombia’s coast in March 2012 to battle his latest adversary: environmental degradation. According to the actor, he’s…
Representatives of countries that signed the 1992 Basel Convention to stop the illegal dumping of toxic waste and ships in third-world countries will meet in Colombia’s coastal city Cartagena in…