Colombians Told ‘No Sex’ In The Afternoon. It’s Too Darn Hot!
It’s been a sweltering summer in many parts of the world, with millions scrambling for ways to cool off. On Wednesday, the 600,000 residents of Santa Marta, Colombia, were given one interesting suggestion: Stop...
‘We apologize’: former Colombia FARC rebels seek forgiveness at tribunal
Former rebel FARC commanders in Colombia have appeared at a historic tribunal where for the first time they were made to answer for kidnappings and forced disappearances under the terms of a peace deal.
"We...
Colombian President-Elect Pledges to Maintain Peace Accords With FARC Rebels
Ivan Duque, who finished first in the second round of the Colombian presidential vote, said that he would respect the peace accords with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed by incumbent President...
Ivan Duque Wins Colombian Presidential Elections
President-elect Ivan Duque appealed for unity after winning a runoff election over a leftist firebrand whose ascent shook Colombia’s political establishment and laid bare deep divisions over the nation’s peace process.
Duque, the young conservative...
Colombia Aiming For Best-ever World Cup
(AFP) Colombia will not take struggling Japan for granted when the two sides meet in their World Cup opener in Saransk, on Tuesday (June 19), Luis Muriel said Sunday.
"Los Cafeteros" are aiming to top...
Fajardo’s Party Leaning Towards Supporting Leftist Petro
Now that the right-wing Ivan Duque will face the center-left Gustavo Petro in the second round of the Colombian presidential elections, the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) party announced it will take a new stance...
Ivan Duque and Gustavo Petro Go To Runoff
With nearly all ballots counted in Sunday's first round, Ivan Duque was leading with 39.7% ahead of Gustavo Petro on 24.8%. Former Medellin Mayor Sergio Fajardo came third with 23.8%.
Duque, a hardline conservative who...
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Colombia’s wild pacific coast: El Valle, Choco
El Valle, located in Colombia’s Pacific coastal state of Choco, is surrounded by thick humid jungle and dark sand beaches. At daytime you can...
Colombian President Fails in Attempt to Stop Coffee Strike
The Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, tried today unsuccessfully to stop the strike of thousands of coffee growers nationwide to protest "the government no...
Colombia, Brazil to play friendly soccer match in Miami
After having lost to Brazil 1-2 in the quarterfinals of the World Cup match last week, Colombia will have another shot to take down their...
Colombia To End Use Of Animals In Traveling Circuses
The Colombian Senate's Fifth Committee has approved a draft bill to end the use of animals in traveling circuses.
The 8 to 1 committee vote...
Soccer preview: Netherlands vs. Colombia
Colombia faces the Netherlands in a friendly on Tuesday after a surprising victory in Belgium last Friday. The Dutch, widely considered favorites, are not...
FARC Criticizes Colombian Attorney General
Colombia’s Attorney Greneral Alejandro Ordoñez
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People”s Army (FARC-EP) charged here today at the South American nation”s Attorney Greneral Alejandro Ordoñez,...
Colombian Betancur Assumes Leadership of Race Paris-Nice
Colombian cyclist Carlos Alberto Betancur reached the first place of the traditional race Paris-Nice, in France, with his victory today of the sixth stage,...
Shakira Mebarak is a first-time mom!
Shakira, the singer, 35, and her boyfriend, Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué, 25, are the new parents of baby boy Milan Pique Mebarak, the...
10 Missing after landslide in Colombia
en people were missing and 50 others left trapped after a massive landslide in the northeastern Colombian province of Norte de Santander, authorities said.
The...
DR and Colombia Talk about Drug Fighting
Military chiefs and officials from the Dominican Republic and Colombia talked in this capital on Saturday about their respective works and bilateral collaboration in...
Colombia to be NATO’s first Latin American global partner
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will next week formally join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, making it the only Latin American nation in the alliance, President Juan Manuel Santos said late on Friday.
Colombia will join...
Pablo Escobar’s Former Hit Man “Popeye” Arrested In Medellin
From a "repentant Popeye", he went on to "Popeye imprisoned", Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, the self-proclaimed former sicario (hitman) for Pablo Escobar, was arrested in Medellin on Friday, May 25, on charges of extortion...
Colombia’s presidential election: another referendum on the peace deal?
On Sunday, May 27, Colombians will head to the polls to elect a new president. At play in this year’s election are a range of issues: Venezuelan migration, economic situation, rampant corruption, high levels...
Colombia invited to join OECD; third Latin American member with Mexico and Chile
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced on Friday that Colombia would be officially invited to join the group. The Paris-based economic organization was founded in 1961 and has traditionally included industrialized...
How Will Colombia’s Next President Fight Organized Crime?
(Insightcrime.org) Colombia’s presidential election, scheduled for May 27, comes at a critical time in the country’s history. The peace process with the FARC is underway, but new criminal dynamics are presenting challenges that the...
Duque Mantains Lead in Poll for Colombia election
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque kept his lead over rivals ahead of Colombia’s May 27 presidential election, with 35 percent of voters saying they planned to back him, a survey by YanHaas...
Santos: Venezuela’s Maduro plans to bring in Colombians to vote for him
BOGOTA (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government has been giving Venezuelan identification cards to Colombians in order to transport them over the border to vote for him in Sunday’s presidential elections, the Colombian...
It’s the Poorest Who Should be Voting for Iván Duque
It is common to hear that Iván Duque, the protege of former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez, is the candidate of the rich and that Gustavo Petro, meanwhile, is the savior of the poor. Basically,...
Sergio Fajardo and his Failed Strategy of Neutrality
The ex-governor of Antioquia and former mayor of Medellín, Sergio Fajardo, is trying to regain his front-runner status, which he in enjoyed in the Colombian presidential race months ago.
However, in the majority of the...
Floods Force 600 Colombians to Evacuate in Antioquia
The Ituango plant became at risk on April 28 after an “unpredictable geological condition” that caused a massive landslide, covering up the waters below.
The rising level of the Cauca river, in the north-eastern province...
Colombia’s Easyfly to launch five new routes in 2018
Colombian regional airline Easyfly will launch five new routes this year as it adds more ATR 42-600s to its fleet, expecting to grow traffic 35% year-over-year in 2018.
Easyfly president Alfonso Avila says the airline...