Colombia’s House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a law allowing for financial support to be provided for hostage victims and their families. The initiative, proposed by Senator Luis Elmer Arena…
With the arrival of the first Global March for Peace, Colombia will join the clamour for a world free from war, while on Tuesday 40 different speakers will offer messages…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office followed the Inspector General’s lead Friday by also opening an investigation into the former and current Agricultural Ministers’ role in the AIS subsidies scandal. This decision…
Colombian Congress on Wednesday prohibited the carrying and consumption of drugs, which, in small doses, was previously allowed by the constitution. The 60-14 vote in the Senate was a victory…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe proposed a new candidate for the position of the country’s Prosecutor General, four months after the last elected Prosecutor General left office. The Supreme Court has…
On average 450 children die annually from malnutrition in Colombia, admitted the director of welfare agency ICBF Wednesday. The ICBF director, Rosa Maria Navarro, stated that this annual mortality rate…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office (IG) on Wednesday opened an investigation against former Agricultural Minister Arias regarding his alleged role in the AIS subsidies scandal. The IG opened the disciplinary investigation…
Colombian trade unionists on Wednesday asked the EU not to sign an FTA with Colombia due to the human rights violations they believe to have been committed by the Uribe…
Statistics revealed Tuesday that some COP3.9 trillion embezzled through corruption in Colombia could have paid for 80,000 young Colombians to go to university. The statistics, revealed by Colombia’s Inspector General…