Amnesty International (AI) commended human rights progress made in Colombia under President Juan Manuel Santos, but said the country still faces serious problems, during a Thursday presentation in London, Colombian…
Food aid for nearly 40,000 families affected by last year’s flooding is close to perishing as a local chamber of commerce has suspended delivery to victims due to apparent cost…
The vice president of the United Nations’ (U.N.) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues called the situation facing indigenous people in Colombia “bittersweet” on Friday. He praised the nation’s indigenous people…
Colombian activist Edda Virginia Manga Otalora described the Israeli special forces raid on a flotilla of aid ships headed for Gaza, which was intercepted Monday before reaching its destination. Speaking from her…
A Colombian woman was among the activists detained by Israel in Monday’s raid on a flotilla of aid ships heading for Gaza, in which at least nine people were killed,…
One hundred days after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, the commander of Colombia’s armed forces, General Freddy Padilla, on Tuesday honored the service members who provided aid to the disaster-torn…
The Colombia delegation head of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday accused the Colombian government of disguising military action as humanitarian aid, exposing recipients to retaliation from…
Colombian hip-shaker Shakira flew by private jet to the earthquake-ravaged city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti on Sunday to meet child survivors and discuss the construction of a school, reports Reuters. Along…
300 family members of the 12 indigenous Awa massacred last week continue to be harassed and threatened despite moving out of the area, according to the National Indigenous Organization of…