Colombia police said Friday they have arrested two top commanders of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos.” The two commanders, “Mascota” and “Picante,” were arrested respectively in the cities of Pereira…
Colombia’s government has closed a second airport after the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in Washington issued an ash cloud advisory for the Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano, which Colombian authorities have…
Producers of U.S. television network Golf Channel are in Colombia to shoot a a special on the country’s golf courses, tourism and export promotion agency Proexport announced Wednesday. According to…
Colombian electoral authorities on Friday have ordered a review of the ballot count of mayoral elections in the central Colombian city of Pereira after a video surfaced with evidence of…
A group of hooded people hijacked a bus and set it ablaze Tuesday during student protests at the Technological University of Pereira, central Colombia. According to Colonel Gonzalo Londoño Portela,…
Medellin and Bogota were recognized as information communication technology (ICT)-savvy metropolises at the 12th Ibero-American Encounter of Digital Cities. The capital of the Antioquia department took the top prize in…
A mayoral candidate for the capital city of the central Risaralda department survived an assassination attempt, Colombian media reported Thursday. Enrique Vasquez, a candidate from the coalition of the Partido…
The Colombian city of Pereira celebrates its 148th Anniversary on Tuesday, complete with a giant birthday cake, a “Happy Birthday” musical performance by Colombian pop singer Jhonny Rivera, and “the…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office began a full-scale disciplinary investigation Thursday of the director of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF), Elvira Forero Hernández, for her involvement in alleged contract irregularities,…