Medellin girl survives 53 stab wounds
A 13-year-old Medellin girl has survived being stabbed 53 times with an unidentified sharp object on Tuesday. The girl is currently hospitalized, unconscious and on a respirator, but in stable…
A 13-year-old Medellin girl has survived being stabbed 53 times with an unidentified sharp object on Tuesday. The girl is currently hospitalized, unconscious and on a respirator, but in stable…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday said he was confident that some 120,000 of the country’s estimated three million displaced people will return home this year. According to Uribe, 60,000…
Representatives of Canadian gold company Medoro Resources formally declared their intention to buy Colombia’s troubled Frontino Gold Mine company, with an offer of over $180 million. The gold company’s representatives…
Female recruits to the Antioquian police force have donated their hair to charity, producing seventeen wigs for women suffering from cancer,the department’s chief of police Colonel Jorge Rodriguez announced Tuesday,…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe alleged on Monday that members of Colombia’s drug enforcement agency DNE, as well as other government authorities, are involved in the country’s illegal drug trafficking trade.…
Colombia’s national government has earmarked $48 million for a pilot program to eradicate all coca plants in the western Antioquia department. The ambitious plan involves not just the destruction of…
Colombia’s national forensics institute on Thursday claimed homicide statistics for the city of Medellin quoted by President Alvaro Uribe are false. Uribe claimed that there had only been 110 homicides…
An illegal gold mine in the Colombian town of Ituango, Antioquia department, collapsed killing one person and wounding another, local media reported Thursday. El Tiempo identifies the deceased man as…
The Colombian government on Thursday officially declared the wildfires raging across the country a national disaster. The intense sun and current high temperatures, combined with people’s irresponsible actions, have led…