Three generals were removed from top positions in the army after reports on corruption and a witch hunt on press sources, Colombia’s defense minister said Tuesday. In a press conference,…
Indigenous people from southwest Colombia vowed to remove roadblocks after foreign organizations agreed to monitor deescalation efforts in the war-torn region. Indigenous peoples from across Colombia called a national process…
Colombia’s Inspector General requested the immediate implementation of a heightened protection plan for people involved in the land restitution process, in a letter to government and state bodies. “The Inspector…
Colombian Congressman Guillermo Rivera proposed government officials give up their bodyguards so they can protect threatened land rights leaders instead, reported Radio Caracol Friday. Rivera suggested before the House of…
Partido de la U Congressman Luis Fernando Ochoa said the man captured for trying to extort him out of $111,000 over the past months was being directed by a fellow…
An anti-corruption statute has been approved, stating that financial advances granted by the state to contractors to carry out public works must now be handled by a financial company acting…
Liberal Party member Guillermo Rivera has launched a stinging attack on former President Alvaro Uribe’s administration, labelling Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups as his “legacy” and stating that the children of ex-paramilitaries…
Colombia’s Liberal Party representative Guillermo Rivera will ask the Constitutional Court to suspend their review of the re-election referendum bill. According to Rivera, the State Council is still considering a…