An ultralight plane crashed in a mountainous area of central Colombia on Tuesday leaving the pilot and a passenger dead. The Colombian Civil Aviation Authority reported that the plane, registered as HJ 317 by the Aerosport...
Colombian lovers of vintage cars are able to get a rare glimpse of the most sought after beasts on four wheels as 20 classic automobiles are weaving their way through the country on a 7,000-mile odyssey to Tierra del Fuego. A...
Police in Colombia’s capital Bogota arrested approximately 70 protesters Tuesday for carrying dangerous items at this year’s annual Labor Day marches. The accused were taken to the Permanent Justice Unit for...
The Red Cross rescued a French climber in the central Colombian department of Tolima Friday, reported Colombian daily El Tiempo. Tabernier Mattheus was found in a waterfall in Los Nevados National Park and escaped largely...
Prisoners of the Picaleña prison in the central Colombian city of Ibague are no longer able to get drunk after authorities dismantled the liquor factory they had built. The liquor factory was discovered Monday after the prison...
The third-in-command of the 21st Squadron of the leftist rebel group, FARC was allegedly killed in fighting with the Colombian Armed Forces, according to an army news release. According to the release, the Army’s 6th...
Several Colombian cities show excellent signs of development and prosperity and could serve as models for struggling cities, according to an economic study. The study conducted by the Caribbean Colombian Conservatory documented...
The Catholic Church has been court-ordered to pay the family whose children were sexually abused by a priest more than $165,000 in compensation, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. The Criminal Division of the Tribunal Superior of...
Five soldiers on trial for slaughtering the members of a household in central Colombia were found guilty and sentenced to 35-40 years in prison, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. The Criminal Chamber of the Superior Tribunal of...
Colombia elected the 2011 beauty queens — Miss Coffee, Miss Bambuco and Miss Folklore — for three of the country’s annual beauty pageants over the holiday weekend, local media reported. Cartagena’s chosen...
Ibague, known as the Colombian “city of music” kicked off the first day of the 11-day Colombian Folklife Festival Wednesday, as bright colors were seen in the costumes of the revelers. The festival celebrates many...
Two Colombian soldiers died and another was badly injured after stumbling across a mine field in the country’s central-western Tolima department early Monday morning, Caracol TV reported. The soldiers, belonging to...
