A mass grave was found near the town of Puerto Gaitan in Colombia’s Meta department, said local media Friday. The grave site contained Colombian Armed Forces uniforms and a weapons cache. Authorities believe the weapons...
Concerts, fashion shows and watersports are among the attractions on offer during a summer festival in Colombia’s central department of Meta this weekend. Marc Anthony, Oscar D’Leon, los Hermanos Rosario and 24...
The state will receive $10 million less in royalties as a result of the September labor strikes by Pacific Rubiales oil workers in the Meta department, Colombia’s Mining and Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas announced Wednesday....
A Colombian congresswoman has criticized the Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) following a report by La Semana into indigenous children dying of starvation in central Colombia. The La Semana report detailed how infant mortality...
Authorities have imposed a curfew in a central Colombian municipality in an attempt to regain control of oil worker protests that have forced Pacific Rubiales to shut down production. The indefinite curfew was announced...
Escalating violence in central Colombia has left several police and workers injured as protests against oil company Pacific Rubiales spiral out of control. The president of the oil workers union USO, Rodolfo Vecino, told...
At least four people were injured in clashes between police and oil workers who are blocking roads at a Pacific Rubiales site in central Colombia in protest against stalled pay negotiations. One protester, Antonio Rodriguez,...
Nearly 3,000 residents of Puerto Gaitan in the central Colombian Meta department marched through the town to demand a solution to the area’s social problems, Caracol Radio reported on Thursday. The protest, which was organized...
Nearly a thousand people blocked the road linking the town of Puerto Gaitan in the department of Meta to the region’s center of oil production in protest against Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales on Friday. The president of...
