Colombia promises action after outrage over children eating from garbage dump
After a year of inaction, Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) promised to help an...
Tag: Vichada
Colombia’s defense minister hung out to dry after blaming crime spike on laundry theft
Colombia’s defense minister became the subject of ridicule on Monday after claiming that...
Vichada
Vichada is one of Colombia’s most eastern provinces where the eastern plains and the Amazon...
10 missing after shipwreck in eastern Colombia
Ten people are still missing after a boat ran into trouble on the Orinoco River in the eastern...
5 killed in east Colombia Boeing cargo plane crash
Five crew members were killed and a sixth injured on Monday when their Boeing 727-200 cargo plane...
Eastern Colombia shuts down as ELN steps up pressure on Santos
While peace talks with Colombia’s second largest rebel group seem to be as stuck as ever,...
Caymans released into the wild in Colombia in attempt to avoid extinction
For the first time, 21 young caymans were released into the eastern Vichada province of Colombia...
Dozens arrested in major crackdown on illegal mining in southeast Colombia
Colombian armed forces raided 63 illegal mining operations allegedly operated by the FARC Monday,...
Colombia’s land agency illegally sold State properties: comptroller
Large-scale misallocations of Colombia’s “forgotten territories” have caught the...
Colombia declares plan for country’s 1st protected river
Scientists from the Humbolt Research Institute for Biological Resources will travel to...
‘Los Rudos’ emerge as ‘major players’ in east Colombia drug war
Two brothers known as “Los Rudos” have been identified as new major players in a drug war raging...
Mass grave found on neo-paramilitary training ground
The Prosecutor General’s technical investigation team (CTI) Tuesday has discovered the common grave of three minors on a farm used as a training camp by the ERPAC neo-paramilitary group. The bodies were located in the...
