Homicides, massacres and legislative disorder threat attempts to negotiate peace with gangs in three of Colombia’s most violent cities. The government of President Gustavo Petro kicked off the peace processes…
Locals from Colombia’s western Choco province are begging for help amid a humanitarian crisis that appears to be spiraling out of control. One in 10 inhabitants of Choco’s rural regions…
Poverty in Quibdo soared to the point that three in 10 people in the city in west Colombia are trying to live off less than $39 (COP149,000) a month last…
The main hospital in Choco, Colombia’s largest province on the Pacific coast, largely shut down on Saturday after almost all personnel went into quarantine after a coronavirus outbreak. The San…
Rebel group ELN has allegedly destroyed four trucks in western Colombia, disconnecting much of the region from the rest of the country.
Some 40 homes were destroyed in a fire in Quibdo, the capital of the Choco state in western Colombia on Thursday. Nobody was reported injured or killed.
The San Pacho festival, a celebration held in the western department of Choco, is underway and will last until October 4.
Unknown assailants have bombed a police station in the western Colombian city of Choco, killing one policeman, authorities said Monday.
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