Colombia is the joint fifth most unequal country in Latin America and the Caribbean, only surpassed by Brazil, Ecuador, Haiti, and Bolivia, according to the Regional Human Development Report released…
The international community reacted with concern over Venezuela’s decision to break all ties with Colombia, following evidence presented to the Organization of American States of the presence of 87 guerrilla…
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday reminded Colombia and Venezuela Monday that dialogue is the best way to resolve differences “between neighbors”. The Korean was referring to…
Colombia nominates Yadir Salazar Mejia as the new adjunct ambassador to the United Nations in New York, according to a Foreign Ministry press release. Salazar Mejia is currently the ministry’s…
Colombia’s resident United Nations (U.N.) coordinator, Bruno Moro, said that the Andean nation is proof that “countries struggling to cope can achieve economic progress and social justice,” according to a…
The vice president of the United Nations’ (U.N.) Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues called the situation facing indigenous people in Colombia “bittersweet” on Friday. He praised the nation’s indigenous people…
June 17 2010, A senior UN official urged both Myanmar and Colombia to allow the United Nations to negotiate directly with rebel groups to secure the demobilisation of child soldiers.…
Colombia’s Vice President-elect Angelino Garzon will sit down with a representative of the United Nations’ High Commissioner for Human Rights, Christian Salazar, to speak about the challenges awaiting Garzon in…
Peruvian President Alan Garcia slams a United Nations (UN) report which claims Peru’s coca leaf production tops Colombia’s, and says that his nation “suffers the effects of Plan Colombia.” “It…
