Authorities to militarize north Colombia to isolate violence
The northern Colombian city of Riohacha is to be militarized in an attempt to isolate criminal gangs and generally improve safety in the area, reported local media on Tuesday. Riohacha…
The northern Colombian city of Riohacha is to be militarized in an attempt to isolate criminal gangs and generally improve safety in the area, reported local media on Tuesday. Riohacha…
The fourth annual Francisco el Hombre (Francisco the Man) vallenato music festival will take place from March 14 to 19 in the coastal city of Riohacha. Organized by the Guajira…
The “Francisco el Hombre” (Franscisco the Man) Festival is a celebration of the legend of vallenato, the popular folk music native to Colombia’s Caribbean coast. As legend has it, Francisco el Hombre —…
An image of the Virgin Mary appeared in baby lotion spilled in the sink by a saleswoman living in Riohacha on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. But sadly for pilgrims hoping for…
A humble farmer in rural northern Colombia managed to grow a giant yucca the size of a small adult in his vegetable patch, with only the help of some organic…
Authorities in the north-west Colombian department of La Guajira declared a state of emergency on Tuesday following an outbreak of the infectious disease anthrax in the department’s capital city Riohacha.…
Six people were seriously injured in a grenade attack on a home in the Colombian coastal city of Riohacha, in the department of La Guajira. The attack occured 5.30 PM…
Leaders of an indigenous Wayuu community in the northern Colombian municipality of Riohacha are calling for human rights abuses committed by police against the community in January to be investigated,…
Colombia’s “Festival Francisco el Hombre” of Riohacha will take place between January 27 and 30, with a competition to celebrate some of the best contemporary vallenato musicians. The festival is…