The director of Proexport, the organization in charge of the promotion of Colombian exports and tourism, received grants from a controversial government scheme intended to give money to poor farmers,…
Former Colombian Interior Minister Sabas Pretelt de la Vega denies bribing congressmen to secure the 2006 re-election of then-President Alvaro Uribe, despite his conviction by the country’s Inspector General. In…
The U.S. on Monday approved the appointment of former Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva as ambassador to Washington. The politician will take up the post in October. Colombian President Juan…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon is “conscious and stable” prior to undergoing heart surgery, says a doctor at a Bogota hospital where Garzon was rushed Monday with a suspected heart attack. The vice…
In footage broadcast by news network Al Jazeera, FARC leader Guillermo Saenz alias “Alfonso Cano” proposed a dialogue with the incoming administration of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos. Cano said the FARC…
In a report presented by Doctors without Borders in Madrid on Tuesday, the international NGO called for state mental health services to be adapted to meet the needs of Colombians internally…
After lengthy negotiations, Colombian political parties Partido de la U, the Liberals, and the Conservatives reached an agreement on the composition of their incoming government coalition. From July 20, when…
Colombia’s President-elect Juan Manuel Santos announced that Sandra Bessudo, a marine biologist and natural resources expert, will join his cabinet as minister for the environment. Santos also announced that the current Environment,…
Colombia’s Vice President-elect Angelino Garzon on Friday criticized the United States, saying that the country was in “ethical and moral debt to the government of Colombia” over the long-delayed free…