Bogota’s former mayor sentenced to 18 years for corruption
The former mayor of Colombia capital Bogota was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday, weeks after being convicted for his role in a major embezzlement scandal.
The former mayor of Colombia capital Bogota was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday, weeks after being convicted for his role in a major embezzlement scandal.
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos demanding on Monday that extreme-left FARC guerrillas set a date for the disarming of their troops as the warring parties struggle through the final phase…
Colombia’s police are on high alert after at least six policemen were assassinated in incidents across the country. Authorities are speculating about the possible perpetrators.
Human Rights Watch warned Monday that a deal between the Colombian government and FARC rebels to end the country’s decades-long civil war could grant impunity to military members who presented civilians…
Colombia’s largest labor unions and a myriad of social and student organizations begun a major national strike on Thursday, citing major nonconformity with the government’s socio-economic policies.
Colombia president Juan Manuel Santos said Tuesday he estimated that more than 17,000 FARC rebels will demobilize if a peace deal with the guerrilla group is signed.
Bogota residents on average lynch one person every three days, according to a study that blames Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict and inactive police force for the phenomenon of mob justice.
Following reports of starving children in the north and west of Colombia, 11 indigenous children is the east of the country also recently died from starvation, according to a senator.
Medellin authorities have declared a red alert over the city’s air quality that has become a health hazard for the 3 million inhabitants of Colombia’s second largest city. The director of…