Governor in southwest Colombia fired over corruption charges
A governor charged with embezzlement in southwest Colombia has been removed from her post and banned from holding public office for eleven years. Cielo Gonzalez, a member of the country’s…
A governor charged with embezzlement in southwest Colombia has been removed from her post and banned from holding public office for eleven years. Cielo Gonzalez, a member of the country’s…
The new FTA with the U.S. will bring “gringo superpigs” to Colombia, threatening the country’s domestic pork trade, newspaper Diario Del Huila claimed Wednesday. The newspaper said production will be threatened…
Some 3,000 people who are losing their homes or livelihood because of the building of a hydro-electric dam in southern Colombia will be guaranteed housing and jobs, said the company…
The FARC has condemned plans for a controversial hydroelectric plant which will divert Colombia’s Magdalena River, destroying nearby towns. The guerrilla group has posted a passionate letter on its website…
The Colombian government announced that it will investigate the controversial construction of the Quimbo hydroelectric plant after vehement civilian protests that took place this Saturday in the southwestern Huila department.…
A Colombian journalist responsible for a video of police violently breaking up a protest is in hiding after receiving multiple death threats. Bladimir Espitia was forced to go into hiding…
An oil truck overturned and spilled 11,200 gallons of diesel in the southern Colombian Huila department Monday. The truck was traveling between the cities Neiva and Florencia when its breaks…
A south-Colombian court ordered the release of a captured FARC leader, suspected of taking part in kidnappings, murders and massacres by the rebel group, due to contradictory testimony in his…
Three Colombian army soldiers were charged Tuesday with the “false positive” murder of four farmers, who were sho and dressed as guerrillas to up the soldiers’ enemy kill count. The…