Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office rang the alarm over a 14% increase in child deaths due to starvation or related illnesses last week, but the report has largely been ignored by authorities.…
A week after proposing to tax lower class incomes, Colombia’s finance minister on Thursday proposed to introduce sales tax on basic food products. The proposal of Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla…
Poverty in Colombia continued to drop in 2017. The country’s capital Bogota, however, saw its poverty rate increase for the third year in a row. The poverty reduction is good…
Some $175 million that was allocated to finance the school food program that is meant to reduce child mortality in Colombia is unaccounted for, according to the Inspector General’s Office.…
Colombia’s national health institute (INS) rang the alarm on Sunday after a sudden spike in child deaths due to starvation. Blu Radio reported on an INS report that reportedly said…
Widespread corruption in a program to feed Colombia’s poor children has resulted in $16 million losses, according to newspaper El Tiempo. The practice was first reported in 2012 and has…
The Medellin city government has opened a state bank that seeks to diminish poor residents’ dependence on loan sharks associated with organized crime. As private banks are hardly accessible for…
Colombia partly shut down on Tuesday with teachers, state employees and virtually the entire western Choco province on strike. Citizens in the Pacific Choco province have engaged in an all-out civic strike since…
Colombia’s western Choco province will engage in an all-out civic strike again on Wednesday following the failure of the national government to fulfill promises made to alleviate rampant state neglect,…