The troublesome mining contract between the Colombian government and Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton will be extended until 2029, it was announced on Wednesday, while negotiations for a better deal…
Nineteen members of neo-paramilitary organization “Los Urabeños” have been arrested over the weekend in several operations in the north and northwest of Colombia, police said Monday. One of the suspects…
Gale force winds have affected more than 27,000 families and 180 municipalities across Colombia since June, claimed the director of the Office of Risk Management Monday. Speaking with Caracol Radio,…
The Colombian army has found and destroyed two clandestine airstrips used by drug traffickers, local media reported Monday. The first airstrip, found in the northern Cordoba department, was destroyed by…
Three state officials from Colombia’s northern Cordoba department have been sentenced to prison for their collaboration with the right-wing paramilitary organization AUC, radio station Caracol reported Friday. The court said…
President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday announced “Troy II” a military operation aimed to curb drug trafficking, illegal mining and extortion in the north of Colombia. The president, speaking at…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced Tuesday it will order some 40 politicians from the northwest of the country to respond to accusations that they had ties to the local paramilitary…
A training accident on Wednesday killed one soldier and wounded five others during a training accident in northern Colombia. According to local reports, the accident took place on the Urra…
Authorities have prevented a “cartel of lawyers” from siphoning $253.8 million from the national teacher’s pensions fund, local media reported Monday. , through hundreds of irregular court decisions in the…