Candidate debate focuses on displacement and tax
Forced displacement and taxation were the focus of one of the final debates between Colombian presidential candidates before the nation goes to the polls on Sunday May 30. In the debate,…
Forced displacement and taxation were the focus of one of the final debates between Colombian presidential candidates before the nation goes to the polls on Sunday May 30. In the debate,…
A group of unknown assailants stabbed Marco Romero, the director of CODHES, a Colombian NGO that campaigns for human rights and against forced displacement, while he was walking through central Bogota…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe acknowledges the infiltration of security agency DAS by criminals and reminds the public that he himself was a victim of breaches of the security agency. In…
Three more of the eight Colombian nationals arrested by Venezuela in March on suspicion of espionage are set to be released, reports El Informador. Four of the detainees were released on April 9.…
Colombia’s Supreme Court is discussing amending the Andean nation’s extradition treaty with the U.S., so that the terms of the agreement guarantee justice and reparation to the more than 300,000…
Victims of paramilitary groups, prosecutors, and ex-paramilitaries allege that Accion Social, Colombia’s presidential aid agency, has mismanaged funds intended for those affected by paramilitary violence, reports Verdad Abierta. The Victims’ Reparation…
Rainy season should soon be arriving in Colombia, but for women in Bello, north Medellin, it’s not the clouds they have to worry about getting a shower from… it’s the…
The Prosecutor General’s Office is pressing charges against fifteen military personnel who stand accused of killing three men and presenting their bodies as FARC combatants killed in battle. The fifteen…
The Colombian Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a U.S. request for the extradition of demobilized paramilitary boss Edwar “Diego Vecino” Tellez Cobos, saying he must first comply with the terms…