Juanes to work for peace in Medellin
Colombian pop star Juanes will be a spokesman for peace in Medellin, which is suffering a wave of violence due to gangs battling for control of the city. In a…
Colombian pop star Juanes will be a spokesman for peace in Medellin, which is suffering a wave of violence due to gangs battling for control of the city. In a…
A Colombian NGO files a complaint before a Congress commission against former President Alvaro Uribe for authorizing a military pact with the U.S. in 2009. The Corporacion Colectivo de Abogados…
Venezuelan labor leader Jose Rozo Lizcano calls for Colombia to pay compensation for the large number of refugees that pour over the border into Venezuela. Lizcano, who is the head…
Almost 40% of the 3.5 million Colombians living abroad are illegal immigrants, according to figures from the Colombian government, reports RCN Radio. Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon revealed the information…
Colombia will celebrate Cultural Heritage Month in September, with conventions, exhibitions, and film screenings taking place around the country. The event which aims to highlight the importance of the “popularization,…
Colombia arrested eleven people accused of shipping drugs from the FARC to the cartel of captured Mexican narco-trafficker Edgar Valdez Villareal, alias “La Barbie.” The detained include Julio Cesar Piña Soberanis,…
China’s Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will travel to Colombia as part of an “official goodwill visit.” The official will meet with his Colombian counterpart Rodrigo Rivera, and will also visit…
Extradited paramilitary Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, alias “Jorge 40,” refuses to testify in the parapolitics trials against former Magdalena Governor Jose Domingo Davila, and former director of government security agency DAS, Jorge…
Fetal abnormality was the reason cited in 61% of abortions performed in Colombia between 2006 and 2009, since the procedure was legalized in cases of rape, severe malformation of the…