Popstars Record Peace Song

SIXTY Colombian musicians from all over the country have united to record a song for peace, in an attempt to mobilize civil society to help end the...

Peace Plan Details

Negotiators release agreements on agricultural reform, illicit drugs and political participation  The government and FARC peace delegations last...

Police Raid Black Market Phone Vendors

[caption id="attachment_1102" align="alignright" width="300"] Police with a selection of seized phones[/caption] In an attempt to combat the scourge...

Stratas ‘Like Caste System’

Colombia’s formal strata system, originally put in place to determine how much in subsidies low-income households should receive and how much...

Powerful Sinaloa Drug Cartel ‘In Medellin’

[caption id="attachment_1103" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Mexican Sinaloa cartel is active in Medellin, according to El...

Indigenous Communities At Risk

[caption id="attachment_1100" align="alignright" width="300"] Niñas wayuu. Photo: Mario Carvajal CC BY 2.0[/caption] Colombia’s indigenous people...

Santos Praises Cuba Talks At UN

[caption id="attachment_1099" align="alignright" width="300"] President Santos spoke positively about the Colombian peace process at the UN General...

Congress Approves Mandatory Voting

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300"] The new law could apply to a referendum on any peace deal reached with the FARC.[/caption] ‘Trial’...

Villegas Is Back

[caption id="attachment_3675" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo: Keith Allison CC BY-SA 2.0 [/caption] Golfing champion Camilo Villegas ends four...

Venezuelan Border Restrictions

17,000 Colombian soldiers deployed to prevent illegal trade  The closing of the Colombo-Venezuelan border has been announced in attempts to stop...