Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.
The Colombian government is offering a reward of nearly $800,000 for information leading to the capture of those behind an attack on a helicopter carrying President Ivan Duque near the Venezuela border on Friday. The helicopter was approaching Cucuta airport on a flight from Sardinata when several shots – apparently from rifles – were fired at it. […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said it would be a “good idea” to look into buying missiles from Iran, a day after Colombia said Venezuela was considering such a plan amid growing ties between Caracas and Tehran, Reuters reported. “It had not occurred to me, it had not occurred to us,” Maduro said during […]
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe speaks during a news conference after a private hearing at the Supreme Court of Justice, in Bogota, Colombia, on October 8, 2019. (File photo by Reuters) Colombia’s Supreme Court has ordered house arrest for former president Alvaro Uribe as it investigates allegations of witness tampering and procedural fraud against him, […]
Three members of the Venezuelan National Guard defected Saturday at Venezuela’s border with Colombia, the Colombian immigration department said.
