Bogota socio-economic statistics
Bogota generated 27% of Colombia’s GDP in 2017, making the capital the country’s largest and most developed economy.
Bogota generated 27% of Colombia’s GDP in 2017, making the capital the country’s largest and most developed economy.
Colombia’s school food program is in danger. Governors no longer want to fund the program that is considered essential for the prevention of child deaths. Hundreds of children have died…
If Colombia fails to effectively prosecute military and guerrilla commanders over war crimes or crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court will take over these cases, the ICC’s chief prosecutor said.…
Colombia’s fiscal authority announced Tuesday that it will investigate oil refinery Reficar, center of the biggest corruption ignominy in the country’s history. Comptroller General Edgardo Maya declared that several contracts that exceeded USD $1…
As many as 117 social leaders and human rights defenders were murdered in Colombia in 2016, according to conflict-monitoring NGO Indepaz. The number of homicides of rights leaders registered by the…
Colombia’s last-standing Marxist rebel group, the ELN, said Tuesday that in the event of successful peace talks it will not submit to the transitional justice model agreed with the much larger…
Extortion fell 18% in Colombia last year as FARC rebels signed peace with the government. However, crime and paramilitary successor groups are filling the void, according to an NGO and the…
Colombia’s government and the country’s last standing Marxist rebel group, the ELN, both have called on former President Alvaro Uribe to take part in peace talks due to begin on February 7. President…
As the United States begins to radically shift course under the Trump administration, Colombia will do best prioritizing the protection of its citizens and promoting regional integration over maintaining ties with the superpower,…