Former Nicaraguan foreign minister and newly appointed member of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Miguel D’Escoto, says that he will prioritize denouncing the U.S.-Colombian military base agreement before the committee, reports La…
A United Nations official in Lima questions the U.N.’s finding that Peru produces more coca than Colombia, pointing out that the countries use different measuring methods. According to the official…
Peru has stolen Colombia’s crown as the worlds largest producer of coca leaf, according to the United Nations, which says Colombia’s drug control policy is “paying off.” According to Antonio…
American actress Angelina Jolie met on Friday with Colombian refugees and Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa in a small Ecuadorean town near the Colombian border. Jolie, visiting the area in her…
The U.N. praised Venezuela’s treatment of the many thousands of Colombian refugees who arrive in the country each year. Mohamed Alwash, the UNHCR’s representative in Venezuela, says that he senses…
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia is against Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s idea to protect members of the military from civil prosecution and asked Uribe…
President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday disputed the findings of a damning report released by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), which showed that almost half the 101 trade unionists murdered…
The Colombian departments of Cordoba, Guaviare, and Cauca saw significant increases in coca cultivation in 2009, although national production dropped 16%, El Tiempo reported Tuesday. According to a forthcoming United…
For the first time in 21 years Colombia will not be included in the United Nations’ (U.N.) International Labour Organization’s (ILO) list of 25 nations to be examined for failure…
