Hundreds of people gathered for a drive-in Mass near the Colombian capital Bogota on Sunday, and worshipped from the safety of their vehicles amid coronavirus concerns. From the stage inside a drive-in cinema in Chia municipality, 10 kilometers north of Bogota, Catholic priest Luis Carlos Ayala made the sign of the cross and greeted the […]
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A Colombian Activist Is Killed Every 20 Hours
End The Slaughter! Alliance for Global Justice Statement on the Recent and Ongoing Massacres of Colombian Social Leaders and Ex-Insurgents. The Alliance for Global Justice is extremely concerned with the recent increase of violence in Colombia. In our June 16, 2020 action, we asked you to sign a letter asking Members of the USA Congress to […]
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Under House Arrest
Above photo: Alvaro Uribe ordered to be held under house arrest. EFE. The Colombian Supreme Court of Justice has ordered the preventive home detention of Senator and former President Alvaro Uribe for the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery. The Latin American right-wing leader became the first former president to receive this type of arrest order, […]
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Under House Arrest
Above photo: Alvaro Uribe ordered to be held under house arrest. EFE. The Colombian Supreme Court of Justice has ordered the preventive home detention of Senator and former President Alvaro Uribe for the crimes of procedural fraud and bribery. The Latin American right-wing leader became the first former president to receive this type of arrest order, […]
Venezuela investigates Colombian largest private bank Banesco in cross-border currency crackdown
More than 1,000 bank accounts have been frozen in 19 banks and 105 people arrested for illegal currency trading. 90% of the accounts belong to private bank Banesco. Venezuelan authorities have launched a probe into Colombian private bank Banesco as part of an operation targeting currency exchange and speculation networks on the border with […]
Colombian health officials arrested after fake drugs were linked to death of 16 babies
nsnbc : Colombian authorities have arrested four health officials on suspicion that they have caused the death of 16 babies who were given fake […]
Colombian government to formalize land rights of 2.5 million peasants
nsnbc : Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, on Tuesday, signed a landmark decree that would formalize the land ownership of some 2.5 million Colombian […]
Colombian government and ELN will resume peace talks in Quito
nsnbc : Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the leadership of Colombia’s leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) announced Monday that the parties will resume […]
Colombian government seeks new ceasefire with ELN
nsnbc : The Colombian government, responding to international pressure, said that it seeks to resume a ceasefire with the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN), but […]
Colombian government and ELN resume hostilities
nsnbc : Hostilities between Colombia’s government and the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) resumed after the bilateral ceasefire expired Wednesday, at midnight. The ELN […]
Tensions rise over uncertainties about ceasefire between Colombian State and ELN
nsnbc : With less than 24 hours before the ceasefire between the Colombian government and the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) expires, it is […]
Paramilitary Attack On Colombian Peace Community
Paramilitary Attack On Colombian Peace Community Above photo: The San Jose de Apartado community, cdpsanjose.org. This morning, December 29, 2017, four paramilitary persons entered the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado in San Josecito for the purpose of murdering the Peace Community’s legal representative, German Graciano Posso. The paramilitaries had threatened to assassinate German […]
Biggest Colombian drug bust ever: Security forces confiscated 12 metric tons cocaine
nsnbc : Colombian security forces have confiscated 12 metric tons of cocaine in the country’s biggest drug bust ever, said President Juan Manuel Santos […]
$360mn cocaine bust: Record 12 tons seized by Colombian cops (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
The record find is estimated to be worth around $360 million and has been linked to Colombia’s Gulf Clan, currently the most powerful cartel in the country. Around 400 anti-narcotics officers seized the drugs in four simultaneous operations launched on farms across the country. The cocaine was discovered buried underground, covered in banana leaves. READ […]
Colombian State convicted of exterminating leftists
Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : The State of Colombia and its armed forces have been convicted of the attempted extermination of leftists and will have […]
Colombian government plans to go ahead with decriminalizing small coca farms
nsnbc : The decriminalization of small coca farmes is part of the peace accord reached between the State and the now demobilized FARC-EP in […]
Corrupt Colombian officials stole childrens’ lunch money
nsnbc : Corrupt Colombian officials have embezzled $13 billion from regional budgests in 2016, including $16 million from a program to feed poor children, reported […]