Venezuelan soldiers blew up two pedestrian bridges Thursday in Colombia’s Norte de Santander frontier department, reported the Colombian government. Colombia’s Defense Minister, Gabriel Silva, claimed that a troop of Venezuelan…
Colombia’s fight against drug trafficking is failing and needs new proposals and UN guidance, declared former Colombian Foreign Minister Rodrigo Pardo Tuesday. The introduction of new anti-drug initiatives as well…
Colombia brought what it called threats of war from neighboring Venezuela to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday after Hugo Chavez, leader of the neighboring country, told his army to…
Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities are subject to increasing persecution by protagonists of Colombia’s Armed Conflict, denounced a UN representative on Tuesday. Christian Salazar Volkmann, representative of the UN High Commission…
Colombia’s government and the UN reached an agreement that will allow the UN to participate in the cleansing of intelligence files, as recommended by a law ratified in March 2009.…
The United Nations (UN) expressed concern over the reintegration of demobilized paramilitaries, victims and Justice and Peace judges in the face of a recent growth of criminal groups in Colombia.…
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders asked Colombia Tuesday in Washington to stop the harassment of human rights activists in the country. Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya, speaking to members…
Colombian rock group Aterciopelados were chosen to perform at a concert to mark the 64th anniversary of the conception of the United Nations. The group will perform their hit, ‘The…
The number of accusations of extrajudicial killings or ‘false positives’ has decreased throughout Colombia since October 2008, informed the Government in report to the UN Security Council. In a statement…