Colombia Reports
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Colombian Courts upheld the extradition request for a FARC member sought by the United States for his participation in the 2003 hostage-taking of three American contractors.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 00:00
Colombia confirmed Thursday that the United States has requested that the South American country take in inmates from Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 00:00
Colombia's government representatives abandoned the conversations as they feared anything they might say could compromise their defense in the case currently being considered IACHR regarding Petro.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 00:00
At least one police officer has already been confirmed dead in an explosion that also left nine people injured in southwestern Colombia, reported national media.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 00:00
The UN condemned Colombia's FARC rebel group Sunday for the deaths of two policemen, urging the country's largest rebel group to hand over the individuals responsible for kidnapping, torturing and murdering the officers.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 00:00
Some 820,000 Colombians were lifted above the poverty line in 2013, the government statistics agency said Friday.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 00:00
The mass renunciation was announced by Social Integration Secretary Jorge Rojas who said the secretaries' decision was taken out of solidarity with their mayor.
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 00:00
Colombia's foreign minister on Wednesday asked the government of Venezuela to stop accusing former President Alvaro Uribe of interfering with Venezuela's internal political tensions.
Friday, February 28, 2014 - 00:00
A poll released Thursday placed Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos ahead in the country's upcoming presidential elections but short of the required majority to avoid a runoff vote.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 00:00
Four members of the Colombian military lost their lives Sunday when their Blackhawk helicopter crashed in the central state of Meta.