Inhabitants of east Colombia province have 60 times more than average mercury in body
Inhabitants of an eastern Colombian province have between 60 and 109 times more mercury in their...
Tag: Guainia
Crew found alive and well after airplane disappears in east Colombia
Five people who were on board of an airplane that disappeared in the remote east of Colombia well...
Dozens arrested in major crackdown on illegal mining in southeast Colombia
Colombian armed forces raided 63 illegal mining operations allegedly operated by the FARC Monday,...
Colombia officially declares ‘Star River of the South’ as protected area
A 253,000 hectare site in the eastern Guainia state has officially been confirmed as protected...
Colombia to declare amazonian ‘Star River of the South’ protected area
Colombia’s Minister of Environment confirmed that after conversations with the Ministry of...
FARC provides materials for BMW, Ferrari and Apple: Bloomberg
BMW, Volkswagen, Samsung and Apple are among those multinational companies who have purchased...
Venezuelan border patrol arrests indigenous Colombians
Six indigenous Colombians and a farmer were arrested on Wednesday by Venezuela’s national...
Colombia FARC operation leaves 7 dead
An army operation resulted in the deaths of seven alleged rebels near the Venezuelan border Tuesday night in the search for “Jhon 40,” an accused drug-trafficking FARC commander. In the search for “Jhon...
Alert over increase in FARC recruitment of child soldiers
Colombia’s ombudsman on Sunday rang the alarm about an alleged increase in recruitment of child soldiers by guerrilla group FARC in the east of the country. According to Ombudsman Jorge Otalora, guerrillas of the...
Teacher sentenced to 24 years for sexually abusing students
A teacher at a public school in the town of Inirida, far-east Colombia, has been sentenced to 24 years prison for sexually assaulting two underage schoolgirls, reported El Espectador. The teacher, Manuel de la Cruz Ibarguen...
