More than half of regional and local officials elected in 2016 have since been investigated, sanctioned, or removed from their post over corruption, according to an anti-corruption NGO. More than…
Poverty and child mortality increased in Colombia in 2018, according to the government. Statistics agency DANE said Friday that the country’s poverty rate increased slightly last year to 27%. Poverty…
Armed men attacked Afrocolombian leaders who were preparing a pending meeting with the national government, they said Saturday. Two bodyguards were injured. According to black rights organization PCN, armed men…
Colombia’s senate asked the constitutional court on Thursday to rule whether or not Congress’ high chamber rejected President Ivan Duque’s objections to the country’s peace process. The center right voting…
Colombia’s opposition parties on Wednesday fiercely condemned the “meddling in domestic political affairs” of United States ambassador Kevin Whitaker. The fierce condemnation came after the US embassy allegedly revoked the…
Assassins murdered the third native Colombian leader since President Ivan Duque’s failed meeting with indigenous representatives last week. Jhon Jader Cayapu, a community leader from the Cauca province where local…
Colombia’s chief prosecutor reportedly wrote the country’s finance minister that legal gold traders have laundered more than $3.3 billion in illegal mining profits since 2015. Prosecutor General Nestor Humberto Martinez…
United States ambassador Kevin Whitaker has threatened to cut aid to Colombia unless the powers of the country’s war crimes tribunal are curtailed, according to newspaper El Espectador. The newspaper…
More than two thirds of the 10,000 FARC guerrillas who laid down their weapons in 2017 have abandoned the reintegration sites. According to reintegration chief Andres Stapper, 2,935 FARC members…