Indigenous villages sign own ‘Kyoto Protocol’
Several Colombian indigenous communities on Wednesday signed their own “Kyoto Protocol,” an agreement to preserve their cultures and the ecosystems they live in. More than 400 people participated in the…
Several Colombian indigenous communities on Wednesday signed their own “Kyoto Protocol,” an agreement to preserve their cultures and the ecosystems they live in. More than 400 people participated in the…
Some 120 children will take part in the First Gastronomic Mini Congress in the south-western Colombian city of Popayan, which kicks off Friday. The local children, all between 6 and…
The governor of Cauca crowned Annie Violeta Bergonzi as the south-western department’s representative at the 2010 Miss Colombia beauty pageant in November. The 22-year-old Bergonzi has dual French-Colombian citizenship and…
Colombia’s new Santos administration rejected any offers to mediate between the government and guerrilla groups such as the FARC or ELN, saying “Thanks, but no.” According to President Juan Manuel Santos,…
Suspected FARC guerrillas shot out the tires of two trucks on the Pan-American Highway, near Santander de Quilichao in the Cauca department, reports Caracol. At least eleven people allegedly forced…
Alleged guerrillas of the FARC bombed the Pan-American highway between the southern Colombian cities of Cali and Popayan on Saturday. The attack was carried out while the country’s authorities are…
One soldier was killed and another four injured Friday morning when the FARC ambushed a Colombian army convoy on the Panamerican Highway between the southern cities of Cali and Popayan.…
Colombia’s unemployment rate hit 14.6% in January, its highest level for that month since 2004, according to new figures from statistics agency DANE. In the first month of this year…
Some 5,000 indigenous people from the southern Colombian Cauca department started a protest march on Tuesday to demand autonomous education programs. Cali newspaper El Pais reported that members of the…