Colombian senators are pushing for a constitutional amendment that will allow child rapists to be handed a life sentence, Terra reported on Tuesday. Life sentencing is currently banned in Colombia,…
Colombia’s national police seized over three tons of marijuana and arrested 15 people in the last week as a nationwide crackdown on trade in the drug continues. Police captured the…
Seven tons of marijuana were seized in rural municipalities in the central Colombian department of Caldas over Halloween weekend, RCN Radio reports. The Caldas government secretary, Henry Murillo Arboleda, said…
A major promoter of a referendum on the 2010 re-election of president Alvaro Uribe made a deal with prosecutors to serve four years and five months under house arrest, after…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court voted 6 to 2 against holding a referendum on changing the law to impose life imprisonment on those who kill or rape children, LaFM reported Wednesday. The court…
U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday sent a letter to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, commending the U.S. ally for his graceful acceptance of the Colombian Constitutional Court’s rejection of a referendum…
An article published by the U.S.’s Washington Post on Tuesday praised Colombia for setting a positive example for other Latin American democracies, after the defeat of the referendum that would…
Former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos is the leader in Gallup’s latest opinion poll on the popularity of Colombian presidential candidates, despite the fact that he is yet to officially…
Colombian government headquarters Casa de Nariño announced that President Alvaro Uribe will resume transmission of the town-hall meetings that he holds weekly around the country, reports radio Caracol. Colombia’s Inspector General…