More troops to control violence in western Colombia port city
Colombia’s Defense Ministry on Thursday promised more troops to contain the exacerbated human rights crisis in the coastal city of Buenaventura.
Colombia’s Defense Ministry on Thursday promised more troops to contain the exacerbated human rights crisis in the coastal city of Buenaventura.
Linking Colombia’s internet hubs to the Asia-Pacific region via a new fiber-optic cable is a step closer to reality after the south American country signed a deal with a US-Colombian…
Residents of Buenaventura, Colombia’s biggest port city, plan to protest against the extreme violence that has taken over the Pacific area despite recent government attempts to control the issue, local…
Three months after the UN called on Colombia to take “urgent measures” to curb violence in the Pacific port city of Buenaventura, the government has yet to contain the swell…
A commission of the Organization of American States on Wednesday urged Colombia to increase efforts to resolve the case of a recently assassinated journalist.
Police in the southwest of Colombia have rescued a kidnapping victim whose kidnappers allegedly had demanded $20 million for his release.
The Villahermosa prison in the city of Cali has become Colombia’s most overcrowded prison as it has a 1677 inmate capacity now accommodates 4700 prisoners, reported newspaper El Pais.
Military commanders in Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, announced Thursday they will extend a limited gun ban after preliminary reports indicate homicides dropped 34% during the trial period compared to the…
Colombia’s Armed Forces have taken down the alleged perpetrators of a January 16th bombing in western Colombia, which left one dead and 61 injured.