Regional leaders have failed to get ready for Colombia’s upcoming rainy season, putting millions of dollars of contingency funds at risk, reported the the country’s Comptroller General Wednesday. 270 mayors…
The Colombian meteorology group Ideam announced Monday that the 2012 rainy season had officially begun. The director of Ideam, Ricardo Lozano told local media that rain in southwest and central…
At least 18 municipalities in southwestern Colombia are on red alert due to rising levels of the Cauca river, which have already caused some flooding. According to the national Hydrology,…
A child and two adults have died and 15 people have been seriously injured, in avalanches in central-west Colombia. More than 100 families were affected by the disaster in the…
400 Colombian mayors who left office Sunday are investigated because they failed to report what they did with funds sent to their municipalities for victims of last year’s destructive rainy…
The Colombian government has allocated $3.09 billion to improve road transport infrastructure, local media reported Thursday. The announcement was made by Transport Minister German Cardona that the money will be…
The Colombian government under President Juan Manuel Santos has not been effective in protecting the rights of its internally displaced people (IDPs), the internal displacement monitoring center reported Thursday. The…
Cartagena tourism operators say tourism to the Caribbean coastal city has dropped because of road closures caused by the rainy season. In an interview with RCN Radio, Claudia Patricia Martinez,…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Thursday the signing of an agreement between Colombian and Dutch authorities to dredge the river basins of two of Colombia’s primary rivers, the Magdalena…