The Green Party candidate for the governor of Antioquia suggested Bogota mayoral candidate, Enrique Peñalosa, step down from the party if he’s going to receive backing from former President Alvaro Uribe.…
Conservative Party politician and former Congress President Luis Humberto Gomez Gallo on Wednesday was sentenced to nine years in jail for his ties to paramilitary death squads. Colombia’s Supreme Court…
Hundreds of people marched through the center of Colombia’s second city on Wednesday, protesting a new anti-phone theft law which they said impedes their right to work. Approximately 400 cellular…
The Colombian government has presented a policy document of strategies to bring an end to the presence of the FARC and neo-paramilitary criminal gangs throughout the country. “The Comprehensive Policy on…
Congressman Ivan Cepeda has asked Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to remove five of the country’s ambassadors for grave misconduct, local media reported Friday. Congressman Cepeda, from Polo Democratico, has…
President Juan Manuel Santos has appointed a new ambassador to the People’s Republic of China in a ceremony Thursday, according to a presidential communique. Carlos Ignacio Urrea Arbalaez from Medellin…
The final senatorial debate of the Victims Law was postponed until May 24 by the president of the senate because of the absences of key ministers El Espectador reported Wednesday.…
Documents revealing the Supreme Court testimony of a former official of Colombia’s drug enforcement agency (DNE) explain how seized mafia assets ended up in the hands of corrupt politicians. The…
President Juan Manuel Santos praised the attitude of students who cooperated with police during recent student protests at Bogota’s National University, Radio Nacional de Colombia reported Friday. Director of the National…