Colombia, The New Magnet for Investments in Latin America
Colombia is the new “El Dorado” – or “Golden” – for investors in Latin America due to its economic stability, political leadership and openness to foreign markets, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Jose Manuel...
No-go areas in Medellin
https://colombiareports.com/go-areas-medellin/Tourism in Medellin has grown massively over the past years. However, there are still places that are still too dangerous or too boring.
Colombia’s Massive March For Public Education (Photos)
Over 100,000 students, professors, and university directors in Colombia participated in the National March in Defense of Higher Education earlier this month to demand higher budgets for the country's 32 public universities and for...
Senator Uribe Won’t Rule Out Colombia Intervention in Venezuela
Alvaro Uribe, former president and current senator of Colombia, is not ruling out the possibility that the best way to help Venezuela overcome the serious humanitarian crisis it faces, caused by the Maduro dictatorship,...
Thousands March in Defense Of Public Universities
Thousands of students, professors, and university directors of 32 public universities in Colombia participated in the National March in Defense of Higher Education to demand higher budgets and transparency from the national government Wednesday.
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Unlocking the secrets of fragile X in Colombia
It’s late afternoon in Ricaurte, a tiny town tucked into the Colombian Andes, when Mercedes Triviño, 82, lights the wood stove to start preparing dinner. Smoke fills the two-bedroom home she shares with six...
Colombia Takes Aim at “Narcotourism”, Closes Pablo Escobar Museum
The closure of the Pablo Escobar Museum in Medellín, Colombia, represents a serious blow to the narcoculture that has taken root in the city, where tourists see a perfect opportunity to reminisce about the...
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Homicides down 9% across Colombia’s cities: Santos
Colombia’s cities are safer than ever, President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday, claiming homicides in state capitals dropped 9%.Santos said that homicides in the...
Pacific Alliance law unconstitutional: Constitutional court
Colombia’s constitutional court has declared a trade agreement signed as part of the Pacific Alliance in 2013 as unconstitutional, said the court in a...
Peñalosa would beat Santos in 2nd round of Colombia’s election: Poll
Green Alliance candidate Enrique Peñalosa is the predicted winner should he reach a second round with Juan Manuel Santos in this year’s presidential elections, said...
Colombian senator demands Uribe retract statement that ‘terrorism’ influenced Santos voters
A senator from Colombia’s southwestern state of Nariño demanded that Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe retract statements that “terrorism” influenced voters re-elect President Juan Manuel...
Colombia’s Congress passes controversial military justice reform
(Reuters) - Colombian lawmakers passed a constitutional reform to the military justice system on Tuesday despite criticism by human rights groups that the law...
Colombia explores the possibilities of the digital age
By the end of 2014, the Colombian government will have invested US$2.45 billion in the Vive Digital project.
SOPÓ, Colombia – The popularization of the...
Policemen killed in central Colombia while attending disturbance
Colombia’s National Police offered a $47,000 reward on Monday to find the killers of two policemen who were shot in central Colombia while attending a disturbance.
Local...
Colombia debate crisis in build up to presidential elections
Colombia is seeing rising frustration at the lack of a televised presidential debate with all candidates present, less than two weeks before the election.
Colombia’s...
Coffee farmers struggle to adapt to Colombia’s changing climate
In Colombia’s coffee-producing region of Risaralda, small trees run along the sharp incline of the Andes Mountains, carefully tended in tidy rows. Thousands of green coffee berries turn brilliant red as they ripen, ready...
Colombia to Host Meeting with Ecuador, Peru on Venezuelan Migrant Issue
BOGOTA - Officials from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will meet in Bogota next week to seek a solution to a growing exodus of migrants overwhelming South American countries as they flee a devastating economic...
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.
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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...
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...