I will not join Santos government: Petro
Gustavo Petro, former presidential candidate for the Polo Democratico party, said that although he had met with President-elect Juan Manuel Santos he does not plan to join the incoming government.…
Gustavo Petro, former presidential candidate for the Polo Democratico party, said that although he had met with President-elect Juan Manuel Santos he does not plan to join the incoming government.…
Colombia’s Culture Minister Paula Moreno will travel to the western Colombian city of Cali this weekend to chair the National Culture Conference. Moreno will be joined by 64 government cultural…
Colombia’s National Federation of Palm Oil Growers (Fedepalma) called for the government to exercise greater control in their sector, in order to prevent illicit drug money being invested in the…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will travel to Canada this weekend to attend the 36th annual G8 summit, where he has been asked to discuss his government’s fight against drug-trafficking and…
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned the Colombian government for the murder of Patriotic Union Senator Manuel Cepeda in 1994. The judicial body asked President Alvaro Uribe to issue…
Colombia’s President-elect Juan Manuel Santos will next week meet with representatives of the country’s Supreme Court to discuss repairing broken relations between the executive and judicial branches of Colombia’s government,…
As rescue workers recovered the bodies of six more victims of the San Fernando coal mine disaster in the Antioquia department on Monday, an investigation has begun into the cause…
The Spanish government Monday offered its full support for the forthcoming administration of Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos and expressed a desire to “work together to achieve peace” in the Andean nation. Spanish Prime Minister…
Former presidential candidate for Colombia’s Liberal Party Rafael Pardo says he will maintain a “constructive attitude and dialogue” with the country’s new President-elect Juan Manuel Santos. In an interview with…