More than 230 social organizations on Wednesday demanded that the Colombian government withdraw a proposed constitutional amendment that would expand the power of the military. In a letter addressed to…
Approximately 115,000 Colombian adults and 6,400 Colombian children die of undernourishment each year, the United Nations said. According to the “The State of Food Insecurity in the World,” a publication…
Colombia’s defense minister has hit back at allegations by the UN that a proposed constitutional reform “undermines justice,” according to local media Wednesday. “By no means will there be impunity.…
Nearly five million Colombians suffer from malnutrition or are starving, according to the United Nations (UN) on Monday. The sobering figure, which represents about 12% of the Colombian population, came…
A proposed constitutional reform currently before the Colombian Congress would “undermine justice” by handing an undue amount of power to the military, according to the United Nations on Monday. Senior…
The Colombian government and the UN will invest a combined total of more than $69 million in a project to alleviate poverty. In an effort to help poverty-stricken communities in…
Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala have sent a joint declaration to the United Nations’ Secretary General pleading for an international conference in order to revise UN drug policy. “The governments of Colombia,…
The cultivation of coca in Peru has gone up in 2011, but slightly less than in Colombia which remains the world’s largest producer of coca, the United Nations says. According…
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos addressed the United Nations Wednesday, saying he hopes to show positive results of pending peace talks with rebel group FARC next year. Santos opened his…