Santos rushes home to attend Medellin landslide tragedy
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will cut a visit to New York City short to visit the town of Bello, just north of Medellin, where authorities fear that a landslide…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will cut a visit to New York City short to visit the town of Bello, just north of Medellin, where authorities fear that a landslide…
Rescue workers recovered the bodies of 17 people who were buried when a 50,000 cubic meter landslide destroyed more than 40 houses in Bello, a town just north of Medellin.…
Some 150 people are feared to be buried under mud and earth after a landslide on Sunday hit the slums of Bello, a town bordering Medellin in the north. A…
Heavy rains in Colombia have affected close to 2 million people, the country’s President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday after inspecting flooded areas in the northern Atlantico department. During…
The United States donated $300 thousand to Colombia to help victims of this year’s rainy season that has affected more than 1.5 million people and caused the Andean nation to…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday thanked Colombia for sending aid for victims of heavy rains that killed 31 people in the Caribbean coast of the socialist country. Chavez expressed…
The number of people affected by this year’s rainy season in Colombia has been raised to 1.5 million, the government said Wednesday. According to a report by the Interior and…
The number of fatalities from landslides and floods caused by heavy rains in Colombia is continuing to grow. According to authorities, since March 162 people have died in the extreme…
Some 4,000 travelers were stranded on Bogota airport El Dorado Friday after Colombian airline Avianca canceled 39 domestic flights because of heavy rains. According to airport authorities, the extreme rains…