Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has expressed his sympathy for victims of the heavy rains that have been wreaking havoc throughout Colombia over the past year, reported El Espectador. “You have…
The malignant effect of criminal gangs on the lives of civilians in Colombia has become the leading concern for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Terra reported Thursday.…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has maintained Colombia on its “black list,” due to continued concern over the country’s human rights situation, in the organization’s 2010 annual human…
The current Colombian administration denies the kidnapping, torture, and murder of thousands of citizens. In an interview this past Wednesday, 23 March, Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera spoke with certainty about…
NGO collective Refugee Council USA on Friday called on the international community to do more to assist the hundreds of thousands of Colombian refugees in Panama and Ecuador. The council,…
A Colombian Congressional committee on victim reparation is considering making politicians with proven ties to paramilitary death squads partly responsible for the compensations of victims of these groups, the committee…
Colombia’s comptroller general issues a warning to the governor of the Cordoba department for excess spending and irregularities in humanitarian aid to victims of this year’s winter flooding, W Radio…
Multiple women are reported murdered in various violent incidents in the Valle del Cauca department, including at least one minor, local media reported Thursday. Reports conflict over details including the…
Colombia’s finance minister expressed his concern Monday that suing the state is becoming “a national sport,” following a number of lawsuits resulting from the collapse of pyramid schemes, Caracol Radio reports. The…