Colombia Probes Alleged Plot by Venezuelans to Assassinate President Duque
The Colombian government is investigating a possible plot by three Venezuelan nationals to assassinate President Ivan Duque, Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes said in a video message.
The trio was arrested in the cities of Valledupar...
13 Wounded in Colombia Nightclub Explosion (PHOTO, VIDEO)
13 people were injured in an explosion at a nightclub in the Colombian department of Cordoba, according to Blu Radio.
According to the radio station, attackers threw an explosive device into the El Rancho de...
Colombian Court Fines Brazil’s Odebrecht $250M for Graft
A Colombian court fined the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht US$250 million for a bribery scheme involving construction contracts. The court also banned it from receiving state contracts for 10 years.
Late Thursday, the Regional Administrative Court...
Colombia’s Anti-Riot Police Attacks Nation-Wide Student Protest
Colombian students demanding respect for public education and an end to murders of social leaders in the country, were violently repressed by the Anti-Riot Mobile Squad (Esmad) in Popayan - capital of the department...
Colombia’s president during one of the bloodiest periods has died
Former Colombian President Belisario Betancur, who attempted to broker peace with Marxist rebels during his administration, died on Friday at the age of 95, the Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota hospital said.
The hospital did...
Controversy over Documentary that Describes Uribe as “Enemy of Peace”
The premiere of the documentary "La Negociación"(The Negotiation) has caused considerable controversy in Colombia politics, with Alvaro Uribe, former president and current senator of the Centro Democratico party, accusing the documentary of distorting the...
Explorer to face venomous snakes and drug gangs in Colombia trek
A young adventurer is about to set off on a dangerous journey, through one of the most dangerous jungles on Earth. Daniel Eggington from Smethwick will trek 60 miles through a part of Colombia,...
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Colombia authorities rescue kidnapped German citizen
A German citizen was liberated from a house in Cali in the neighborhood of Manuela Beltran on Sunday by members of the municipal police, according...
5 drowned men found along Colombia’s Caribbean coast
Police say the bodies of five drowned men have been found along Colombia’s coast, and they suspect the men could have travelled from a...
Main Link Between the Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and FARC Captured
Colombian police have arrested an operative from Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel who was attempting to buy cocaine laboratories from Colombia’s FARC rebels, in another sign...
Bogota paralyzed amid public transport protests
Bogota’s TransMilenio mass transit system shut down on Tuesday as protesters blocked bus lines demanding a drastic improvement of the Colombia capital’s public transport....
Telefonica Merges Colombian Phone Assets to Reduce Debt
Telefonica SA (TEF), the Spanish phone company that’s merging its Colombian assets to help cut $1.7 billion in debt, will have to find buyers...
Venezuela-Colombia border closed
Once again and without any prior warning, Venezuelan authorities have shut down Venezuela-Colombia border.
Unofficial sources explained that the order was issued by Mayor General...
Urabeños are Colombia’s Last National Drug Gang: Govt
The Urabeños are the last of Colombia’s new-generation criminal groups (known as the BACRIM) which still has a national presence, according to the government.
Speaking...
World Cup 2014: Colombia Defeats Greece, 3-0
COLOMBIA SPORTS - Colombia can almost smell the victory, winning its opening game after a 16 year absence from World Cup play.
The "Cafeteros" opened...
Leftist leader asks to include peace talks referendum in Colombia elections
Former Senator and Patriotic March founder Piedad Cordoba asked President Juan Manuel Santos to allow Colombian voters to decide whether they want to continue...
Largest snake in world history exposed in Bogota
A replica of a titanoboa, a 48-feet monster snake that lived in Colombia some 60 million years ago, has gone on exhibition in Bogota.
The exhibition...
Colombia Celebrates Peace Agreement’s Second Anniversary (Video)
President Ivan Duque, along with all members of his party, failed to attend the event, turning their backs on all victims and veterans of the armed conflict.
In Colombia, Venezuelan Agents Are Infiltrating Migrant Shelters
Venezuelan military agents have a new strategy: infiltrating shelters for migrants in Colombia. According to Colombian broadcaster Caracol, at least five of fifteen Venezuelans who were recently expelled by Colombia had false documentation, and...
‘No more camps,’ Colombia tells Venezuelans not to settle in tent city
Francis Montano sits on a cold pavement with her three children, all their worldly possessions stuffed into plastic bags, as she pleads to be let into a new camp for Venezuelan migrants in the...
Colombia Struggles to Convict Killers of Women, Experts Say
A law aimed at reducing Colombia's female homicide rate — of three killings per day — has struggled to secure convictions as people tend to blame or disbelieve women and excuse men for violence,...
Colombia: Over 40 Venezuelan women rescued from sex ring
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in Colombia said Thursday they have rescued more than 40 Venezuelan women from a “21st century sex slavery” ring in which migrants were held captive and forced into prostitution.
The...
Colombia to cut all diplomatic ties with Venezuela starting in January
Colombian President Iván Duque announced that his country will sever all diplomatic relations with Venezuela as of January next year when Nicolás Maduro, whom he considers to be a “dictator,” starts a new consecutive...
U.S. Military Targets Growing Russian and Chinese Influence in Latin America
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, returning from a trip to Colombia, said over the weekend that the Trump administration is making a push to strengthen alliances across Latin America as...
Baby baristas: Could kids hold the key to Colombia’s coffee future?
MARSELLA, Colombia — At a library in the heart of Colombia's coffee country, Julián Murillo, 8, proudly narrates the process as he makes a meticulous Chemex-method brew. He places a filter-lined funnel atop a...
‘Cages are more dignified’: Colombia brings cold comfort for Venezuelans
The feet of Estilita López, 78 years old, are bloodied and bruised from the arduous journey from Yaracuy, in northern Venezuela, to Bogotá, the Colombian capital. Together with 460 fellow compatriots, she now lives...
Justice for Colombia peace negotiator
We are concerned at the recent admission by Colombia’s attorney general that his office does not have evidence against the FARC peace negotiator and congressman-elect Jesús Santrich, who has been imprisoned since 9 April.
A...
A Cynical Trade With Colombia
(WSJ) The U.S. Justice and State Departments’ zealous attempts since 2016 to extradite former Colombian agriculture minister Andrés Felipe Arias—despite overwhelming evidence that he committed no crime—seem mysterious. Add that the U.S. has no...