Colombia’s second largest river, the Cauca, virtually dried up on Tuesday after Medellin energy company EPM closed the provisional water discharge of the country’s largest hydroelectric dam project. Against the…
Hundreds gathered at a Medellin art festival on Monday to demonstrate against the spiralling violence and impunity that plague Colombia’s second largest city. Central to the opening night was one…
Colombia’s government has begun responding to Ombudsman alerts over possible violence against social leaders, more than 430 of whom have been assassinated since the beginning of a peace process in 2016.…
Student protests that were held on Thursday turned violent in Cartagena and Medellin amid tensions that followed a terrorist attack on police in Bogota. Five student leaders were arrested. Student…
Medellin public utilities company EPM on Wednesday successfully finished the first leg of an operation to prevent the failure of the construction of the country’s largest hydro-electric dam. The company…
Colombia’s largest hydroelectric dam will evacuate to investigate a sinkhole which could collapse the entire structure or its supporting mountain. Populations downstream could face catastrophic flooding: Puerto Valdivia is on…
Medellin energy company EPM issued a red alert on Thursday after it found severe damage inside Hidroituango, Colombia’s largest hydroelectric dam, that could cause the dam to fail. According to…
Colombia’s armed forces put a general investigated for the murder of 22 civilians in charge of military operations in one of the country’s most violent regions. The appointment of controversial Brigadier…
The sudden closure of Medellin’s largest public hospital that’s on the brink of bankruptcy spurred the governor’s office to issue a yellow alert. University hospital Leon XIII is the largest…