Sincelejo, a town in northern Colombia where the tradition of “Corralejas” popular bull fighting started in 1845, announced Monday that there will be no bull fights during its annual festival…
A former governor from the north of Colombia was sentenced on Wednesday of funneling state funds to paramilitary groups.
Colombia’s Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the 37-year prison sentence of a prominent gambling businesswoman, ending her last chance at overturning her conviction in the 2001 murder of what paramilitaries considered…
The Colombian meteorological state agency (IDEAM) said Friday the hard rains which have left some 61,000 victims during March are not a part of the rainy season, which is due…
A man from the north of Colombia is trying real hard to convince local authorities he is not dead. Samir Enrique Almanza from the tiny village of Chinu found out…
The director of Colombia’s prison service Gustavo Ricaurte Tapia, confirmed during judicial proceedings Monday, that paramilitaries on their way to court visited a relative, after a group for victims of the…
Colombia’s government announced Wednesday that it will complete the first rulings over land-restitution claims this September, meaning victims forced from their homes by the country’s longstanding armed conflict could soon…
A singer of the popular caribbean Champeta genre died Sunday, weeks after being the victim of an assassination attempt in the north of Colombia. The 30-year old John Hairo Sayas,…
Four people were killed by lightning in two separate incidents in northern Colombia Thursday. A mother and her two children were killed when lightning struck their home, which subsequently burned…