FARC’s top leader in hospital after stroke
Rodrigo Londoño, the leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, was taken to a hospital on Sunday after suffering a stroke. Londoño, also known as “Timochenko,” was “in a stable and…
Rodrigo Londoño, the leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC, was taken to a hospital on Sunday after suffering a stroke. Londoño, also known as “Timochenko,” was “in a stable and…
Colombian rebels may be preparing to lay down their guns, but the nation faces a deeper challenge to heal itself: treating mental illnesses stemming from the trauma of a half-century…
In spite of the announcement of a historic peace deal with leftist FARC rebels, the urban approval rating of Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos dropped, according to the latest Gallup…
Ignoring the embezzlement and misappropriation of billions of dollars by health care intermediaries, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday blamed an ongoing health crisis to paramilitary forces robbing $185 million…
Colombian health workers on Wednesday carried out their second protest this month to demand solutions for a corruption-spurred health care crisis that has left tens of thousands of workers without pay.
Colombia’s health minister announced a $540 million injection into the country’s health care system where mismanagement and corruption has left hospitals on the brink of bankruptcy.
Six healthcare intermediaries were fined for almost $1 million for failing to provide adequate medical services and programs, allowing the avoidable deaths of 12 indigenous children.
Police in central Colombia on Tuesday seized 214 kilograms of cocaine from an ambulance that was traveling from the south of the country to the Caribbean coast.
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating a criminal network suspected of defrauding the country’s healthcare system for over $130 million in the past six months, it announced.