Santos signs ‘historic’ Victims’ law
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos enacted Friday a landmark “Victims’ Law” aimed at redressing the estimated 4 million victims of the country’s long-running internal conflict. It marks the first attempt…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos enacted Friday a landmark “Victims’ Law” aimed at redressing the estimated 4 million victims of the country’s long-running internal conflict. It marks the first attempt…
One of the daughters of the displaced leader murdered Tuesday blamed the Colombian government for the incident and requested protection for her siblings, while the government issued a statement condemning…
A leader of victims of forced displacement is assassinated Tuesday while traveling on a bus in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin. According to several media, community leader Ana Fabricia Cordoba…
The Colombian government reported that cases of land being stolen from peasants through falsification of titles or armed pressure have occurred throughout the country. The most visible cases of illegal…
The State Council has sentenced the state to pay a large sum of money for failing to take appropriate measures to prevent a 1996 FARC attack on a military base,…
Colombia’s finance minister said $1.2 billion has already been set aside as part of this year’s budget to begin funding a project recently approved by Congress to compensate victims of…
Some 3 million Colombians, 6.4% of the population, have been affected by the heavy rains wreaking havoc across Colombia, revealed a study conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (DANE),…
A convicted felon who raped, tortured and murdered over 168 children could be free within four years, Colombian Senator Gilma Jimenez reported Monday. Luis Alfredo Garavito, known as “The Beast,”…
President Juan Manuel Santos announced that the Colombian government will allot approximately $14 billion (COP 26 trillion) to assist victims of this year’s extreme weather as part of the newly…