News Colombia Bogota: Colombia’s ex-FARC rebels fights for survival
Former FARC rebels now fight to survive as a political party as Colombia votes in a high-stakes congressional election. On Sunday, their Comunes party runs without the 10 guaranteed seats it received ...
News Colombia Bogota: Human rights situation in Colombia is backsliding, UN warns as nation heads into elections
Colombia is at risk of “reverting to the serious human rights situation” it faced before a peace deal with the nation’s largest rebel group improved security conditions, the United Nations warned Thursday, adding that an uptick of violence in rural areas could also “undermine” the nation’s upcoming elections. The annual report on Colombia’s human rights situation highlights a surge in attacks on rural communities by rebel groups and drug traffickers as they fight over territory abandoned by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia following their 2016 peace deal with Colombia’s government.
News Colombia Bogota: An uneasy détente: Trump and Colombia's Petro meet at White House
Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro share little in common â except a talent for confrontation. Their meeting at the White House on Tuesday could reshape U.S.âColombia relations.
News Colombia Bogota: Passenger from Colombia fails to fool Spanish police with his cocaine-under-the-toupee trick
after arriving on a flight from Bogota at the end of June. Spain, with its historic and linguistic links to South America, is an important gateway for cocaine to Europe, mainly from Colombia. Busted! ...
News Colombia Bogota: CannabCo Colombia signs exclusive agreement with Colombia Regional Government for development of thousands of hectares of cannabis production
BOGOTA, Colombia , July 16, 2019 /CNW/ - CannabCo Pharmaceutical Corp. Colombia S.A.S. (CannabCo Colombia), a Colombia based cannabis cultivator and manufacturer of medical cannabis products ...
News Colombia Bogota: Factbox: Gold Miners' Rocky Road in Colombia
BOGOTA — Canada's Continental Gold is on track to open a mine in Colombia in 2020 that will be the country's first large-scale underground gold project in years. Other multinational mining companies ...
News Colombia Bogota: Authorities: Death toll rises to 30 in Colombia landslide
BOGOTA, Colombia — The death toll in a devastating landslide that flowed over homes in a small community in southwestern Colombia has risen to 30. National disaster response agency director Eduardo ...
News Colombia Bogota: Hotel Investment Continues to Grow in Colombia
Colombia has 3,826 rooms in construction ... the growth has spread across the country, from a surge in Bogota to renewed construction in destinations like Medellin.
News Colombia Bogota: Two-day strike underway in Colombia, mobility in Bogotá impacted
Colombia’s trade union organizations have called for a two-day nationwide strike starting April 25, and in which, tens of thousands are taking to the streets in protest of the economic policies of the ...
