Southwest Colombia truckers demand government response to fuel shortages
Truckers in the southwest Colombia have blocked main roads out of the city of Pasto in protest of...
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Blacks and Whites Carnival brings color to southern Colombia
The Carnival of Blacks and Whites bursts back into the streets of Pasto this weekend, as a...
Santos attends conclusion of Black and White Carnival (photos)
The southwest Colombian town of San Juan de Pasto concluded its Black and White Carnival on Sunday with an unexpected guest, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos attending the traditional grand parade. According to local...
Vintage cars cruise Colombia
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...
Mexico’s Zoe to play 3 concerts in Colombia
Mexican alternative band Zoe will return to Colombia to play gigs in Bogota, Medellin and Pasto in the beginning of September. The Latin Grammy Award-winning psychedelic band is currently touring Spain and Latin America...
FARC ammunition stash found in southwestern Colombia
Colombian police confiscated a large stash of ammunition allegedly belonging to the left-wing rebel group the FARC in the southwestern Cauca department, reported local media Tuesday. The 50MM bullets were found on a bus near the...
Pastor charged with sexual abuse free on bail
An evangelical pastor, turned himself in to Bogota authorities Saturday after being charged with the sexual abuse of five minors and women, was released by a judge on Monday. According to the judge, Reverend Alvaro Jose Gamez is...
Pastor suspected of sexual abuse surrenders to Bogota police
An evangelical pastor, charged with the sexual abuse of at least five members of his church, surrendered to authorities in Colombia’s capital Bogota Saturday. Reverent Alvaro Jose Gamez, who leads an evangelical church...
South Colombia pastor ‘sexually abused 27 women’
Colombian authorities are searching for a pastor accused of sexually abusing 27 women, most of them minors, in the southern department of Nariño, newspaper El Pais reported Wednesday. Pastor Alvaro Gamez Torres of the Apostolic...
FARC attacks Colombia’s National Police; kills 2, injures 3
An alleged FARC attack Tuesday night killed two and seriously injured three members of the National Police stationed in southwestern Colombia, reported Radio Santa Fe Wednesday. The police were on duty at the Guabo monitoring...
Thousands gather to protest property tax hike in southwestern Colombia
Thousands gathered in the southwestern Colombian city of Pasto to protest a hefty property tax hike. Local media reported Wednesday that close to 2,000 people had descended upon the Plaza del Nariño to express outrage over a...
Pasto parties hard with the ‘Blancos y Negros’ carnival (video)
Talc and grease paint at the ready. The Carnaval de Blancos y Negros gets messy in Pasto. The festivities in San Juan de Pasto, capital of the Nariño department in southwest Colombia, traditionally take place on January 5 and 6,...
