Officials resign over narco-wedding scandal
Colombia’s military attache in Brazil, Colonel Juan Carlos Castañeda, resigned Thursday, and army Colonel Rodrigo Martinez Silva was fired, after a tape of them celebrating at the wedding of a suspected…
Colombia’s military attache in Brazil, Colonel Juan Carlos Castañeda, resigned Thursday, and army Colonel Rodrigo Martinez Silva was fired, after a tape of them celebrating at the wedding of a suspected…
Colombia’s cows are feeling the heat as the drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon continues to bake the countryside. One cattle-producing zone in Colombia reported that 600 of its…
Colombian authorities reported Wednesday that there are 35 wild fires ravaging the countryside around Colombia and predicted the drought will last longer than previously expected. The Colombian Office for the…
As wildfires scorch the countryside, Colombia’s environmental agency IDEAM predicts soaring temperatures around the country at the end of February and throughout March. Some 24 departments around Colombia have been…
A total of 30 hectares of forest to the north-east of Bogota were consumed by a fire that began Saturday and is now under control, but not yet extinguished. The…
A study by Colombia’s national statistics agency DANE found that sales of commodities such as soda, swimsuits and beer have steadily increased due to changing weather patterns and higher temperatures, reported…
A total of 26,000 hectares of forest, grassland and pasture has been destroyed by fire so far this year in Colombia, the National System of Disaster Prevention and Attention announced…
A wildfire burned out of control Thursday in the central Colombian department of Boyaca, threatening the popular tourist destination of Villa de Leyva. The fire, with flames reaching 10 meters…
The El Niño weather phenomenon has put Colombia on alert for water shortages and the risk of fires, and has already begun to affect agriculture. “El Niño has manifested itself…