A violent protest in San Vicente del Caguán has resulted in a Colombian police officer killed and 79 kidnapped. The riot occurred on the grounds of a Chinese oil exploration company.
The Colombian government of Gustavo Petro has entered crisis mode after three Ministers handed-in their resignations. The crisis erupted after a document leaked on planned changes to the nation’s health reform.
The Colombian low-cost carrier Viva Air has suspended operations in the country after a seven-month delay by the government to approve a merger with Avianca.
Colombia ground to a halt during the month of January in its decades-long efforts to manually eradicate coca. Not one hectare of the illegal cash crop was destroyed. The government outlined the reasons.
After Cartagena and Santa Marta made the World’s 50 Most Dangerous Cities list, Colombia’s Petro warned of deep social inequalities that exist within the tourism sector.
According to a study released by CERAC, in 2022, more than half-a-million Colombians emigrated overseas and a situation not witnessed since 1998.
The Peruvian government is increasingly angered by remarks from Colombia’s Gustavo Petro that it “marches against its people like ‘Nazis”. The Peruvian Congress wants Petro declared a “persona non grata.”
Despite fears that pro and anti-government protests would assemble within hours of each other in Bogotá, a politically charged week was conducted peacefully.
Colombians are bracing for 48 hours of protests this week that could incite violence and bring mobility in Bogotá to a standstill. Petro is rallying his base to “defend: the government’s health care reform.
A retired army officer, Coronel Jaime Humberto Pinzón, handed over his “Medal For Distinguished Service” to the families of 53 young men who were executed as “false positives” while he commandeered the Tenth Infantry Battalion Atanasio Giradot.
US suspect John Poulos has been formally indicted in murder of Bogotá DJ Valentina Trespalacios and faces prison as a “cautionary measure” until his trial.
US murder suspect John Poulos claims his legal rights in Colombia have not been respected, and warns visitors of the country’s legal system. Poulos is the only suspect charged in the murder of Bogotá DJ Valentina Trespalacios.
The recent gathering of CELAC heads of state in Buenos Aires revealed growing ideological rifts among Latin America’s leftist leaders. Colombia’s Petro challenged Peru’s human rights abuses.
The lead suspect in the murder of the 23-year-old Bogotá DJ, Valentina Trespalacios, is back in Colombia after attempting to flee the country hours before her body was found in a dumpster.
For connoisseurs of Colombia’s iconic shoulder-bag, a mochila is more than a stylish and practical accessory. It is a means to connect with ancestral knowledge and a weaving practices handed-down through generations.
A Special Prosecutor of Guatemala’s Public Ministry claims Colombia’s Defense Minister, Iván Velásquez, could face criminal prosecution in the Central American nation for his endorsement of bribes from Odebrecht.