Referendum on Proposed Anti-Corruption Laws Falls Short in Colombia
A set of anti-corruption initiatives in Colombia failed to attract the required number of votes Sunday, despite earning nearly 100 percent support of the voters.
Over 11 million Colombians voted to approve the seven initiatives,...
Venezuelan women turn to sex work in Colombia
Venezuelan women are being driven into the sex trade in Colombia in order to survive, a Sky News investigation has found.
Scores of women were found touting for business on the streets of the border...
Venezuelan economic crisis tears families as they flee into Colombia
Crowds of families sit with their cases and bags underneath the trees on the border with Colombia and Venezuela.
One woman with tears streaming down her face tells Sky News how she has been forced...
US Navy Hospital Ship to Deploy to Colombia
The United States is sending a U.S. Navy hospital ship to Colombia to help treat some of the hundreds of thousands of people who have poured over the border fleeing violence in Venezuela.
Defense Secretary...
Drug trafficking and organized crime, agenda topics with the United States
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis met with Colombia’s defense minister on Friday to reaffirm the long-standing defense relationship between the United States and Colombia, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said.
In a statement summarizing...
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...
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30 soldiers suspended in southwest Colombia over homicide
Colombia’s army commander confirmed on Tuesday that 30 soldiers have been suspended for their alleged participation in the killing of a farmer in the southwest of...
Pablo Escobar’s former right-hand man becomes YouTube hit
The former right-hand man of drug lord Pablo Escobar has become a sensation on YouTube after serving 22 years in prison. John Jairo Velasquez Vasquez,...
Colombian Military Officers Dismissed for Torture
Nine military officers from the National Colombian Army were dismissed and suspended for 20, 15 and 20 years in the wake of a proven...
Domestic air travel in Colombia takes off: up nearly 20% in 1 year
Air travel between Colombian cities has increased almost 20%, according to figures released Wednesday by Colombian aviation authorities.
Total passengers carried reached 21.1 million for...
2/3rd of Colombia’s elite in Panama Papers guilty of tax evasion: Minister
Two thirds of the 1,245 Colombians that appeared in The Panama Papers have evaded taxes by not reporting their foreign assets with Colombia’s tax...
Japan, Colombia to Launch Free Trade Talks
Colombia’s FTA partners include the U.S. and Canada
Japan and Colombia have agreed to launch formal negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) aimed at...
UK charity grants $843K to prevent sexual violence against children in Colombia
A charity in the UK has received $843,200 from a donation to help protect children from sexual violence in Cali, Colombia, according to a non-departmental public...
Colombia: Peace talks resume, but local hope dampens
Both the FARC and the Colombian government say they are pleased with peace negotiations so far, but citizens are losing faith. Violence continues and...
‘Caldas Tear’ Resolves Puzzling Seismic Activity Beneath Colombia
Colombia sits atop a complex geological area where three tectonic plates are interacting, producing seismicity patterns that have puzzled seismologists for years.
Now seismologists have...
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...
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...