Recent News Headlines : Pereira - Colombia

'IT'S A PERVERSE SYSTEM': HOW COLOMBIA'S FARMERS ARE REFORESTING THEIR LOGGED LAND


As the Farc demobilised, deforestation soared by 44 percent in 2016 with a rush of land-grabbing to plant coca and clear land for cattle ranches... READ MORE

29th December, 2017 502

MORE THAN 100 HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS KILLED IN COLOMBIA IN 2017, UN SAYS


More than 100 human rights defenders have been killed in Colombia this year, according to the United Nations, which urged more accountability and better protections... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 1432

PABLO ESCOBARS HIT MAN POPEYE ACCUSED OF VIOLATING PAROLE


Colombian authorities are seeking to re-arrest a former hit man for the late drug lord Pablo Escobar... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 54

'I'VE LIVED OUT A JAMES BOND MOVIE'


Antonio Ledezma's flight from Bogota landed at Barajas airport in Spain's capital, Madrid... READ MORE

19th November, 2017 180

COLOMBIA'S FORMER FARC REBEL CHIEF 'TIMOCHENKO' TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT


Colombia's hardline right was unanimous in its condemnation of the Farc's political ambitions... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 474

AUSTRALIAN SENTENCED SIX YEARS FOR DRUG SMUGGLING IN COLOMBIA


Cassandra Sainsbury must also pay a fine of nearly 100,000... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 0

COLOMBIA REBEL BOSS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT


Timochenko succeeded Alfonso Cano as the Farc's top commander after the latter was killed by the Colombian armed forces... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 135

NOBEL LAUREATE JUAN MANUEL SANTOS TALKS 'CHANGING BULLETS FOR VOTES' IN COLOMBIA


Over the past two years, the government has struck a deal with FARC Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, with an ensuing disarmament process... READ MORE

31st October, 2017 77

FROM UGLY DUCKLING TO PRINCESS: HOW NARCOS' MEDELLIN BECAME A WORLD CITY


From here, EPM Group's general manager Jorge Londono De la Cuesta paints a rosier picture of Medellin... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 41

BATTLE FOR THE MOTHER LAND: INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOMBIA FIGHTING FOR THEIR LANDS


Article one of the peace accord guarantees agrarian reform and states that land taken during the conflict will be given back to its rightful owners... READ MORE

29th October, 2017 4174

COLOMBIANS HAVE FOR YEARS GROWN AMAZING COFFEE. FINALLY, THEY'RE DRINKING IT.


In Latin America, the better-coffee trend is percolating well beyond Colombia's borders... READ MORE

22nd October, 2017 2179

COCA, TRAFFICKING GREATEST THREATS TO COLOMBIA PEACE


Colombia's peace commissioner Rodrigo Rivera speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bogota, Colombia October 12, 2017... READ MORE

13th October, 2017 4

COLOMBIA SUSPENDS POLICE OFFICERS WHO FIRED INTO CROWD, LEAVING SIX DEAD


In Tumaco the group attracted farmers from other parts of the country to occupy land held communally by Afro-Colombian communities... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 202

COLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES TO CLOSE UNIQUE ANIMAL REFUGE


Villa Lorena in Colombia's third city of Cali is a unique animal refuge... READ MORE

9th October, 2017 31

WORLD'S YOUTH 'ARE NEVER TOO YOUNG TO LEAD' - KOFI ANNAN


A former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, says young people must rise up to take leadership positions... READ MORE

8th October, 2017 71

Trending News Headlines : Pereira

PLANE CARRYING BRAZILIAN SOCCER TEAM TO COLOMBIA CRASHES, OFFICIALS SAY


When electrical flaws were reported, according to a statement from the Jose Maria Cordova International Airport in Rionegro, Colombia... READ MORE

29th November, 2016 78095

112 DEAD AFTER RIVERS OVERFLOW, TOPPLING HOMES


People help carry an injured woman after mudslides following heavy rains, in Mocoa, Colombia... READ MORE

1st April, 2017 25470

U.S. SANCTIONS VENEZUELAN VICE PRESIDENT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING


The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday against Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami... READ MORE

14th February, 2017 16491

76 DEAD AFTER PLANE CARRYING BRAZILIAN SOCCER CLUB CRASHES IN COLOMBIA


A plane carrying the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, heading for the biggest game in it history, crashed in Colombia on Tuesday, killing 76 of the 81 people aboard... READ MORE

29th November, 2016 13279

BRAZILIAN GOALIE IN PLANE CRASH CALLED WIFE JUST BEFORE DYING


Minutes before he took his last breath, Marcos Danilo spoke to his wife from a hospital bed in Medellin, Colombia, according to multiple Brazilian news outlets... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 10276

COLOMBIA'S CONGRESS RATIFIES PEACE DEAL WITH FARC REBELS


President Juan Manuel Santos has said there won't be a second referendum... READ MORE

1st December, 2016 9819

SANTOS CALLS FOR 'RETHINK' OF WAR ON DRUGS


The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to rethink the war on drugs... READ MORE

10th December, 2016 6857

SCORES KILLED AS LANDSLIDES DEVASTATE COLOMBIA'S MOCOA


Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, who flew to Mocoa on Saturday to oversee rescue efforts, said at least 154 people were confirmed dead... READ MORE

1st April, 2017 5569

COLOMBIA LANDSLIDE LEAVES AT LEAST 254 DEAD AND HUNDREDS MISSING


The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, arrived in Mocoa on Sunday to survey the crisis... READ MORE

3rd April, 2017 4760

NIDIA GONGORA: THE AFRO-COLOMBIAN SINGER CONFRONTING MACHO MUSIC CULTURE


Nidia Gongora the Afro-Colombian singer confronting macho music culture... READ MORE

27th July, 2017 4150

DOZENS MISSING AFTER TOURIST BOAT SINKS IN COLOMBIA


At least six people died in the incident which occurred near the town of Guatape, roughly 45 kilometers 28 miles east of Medellin, one of Colombia's biggest cities... READ MORE

26th June, 2017 3785

CHAPECOENSE PLANE CRASH: FOOTBALL RALLIES AROUND BRAZILIAN TEAM


Chapecoense's goalkeeping coach Marcelo De Quadros Kunst stayed in Brazil with players who did not travel to Colombia... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 3680

AMERICAN COCAINE USE IS WAY UP. COLOMBIA'S COCA BOOM MIGHT BE WHY.


Most of the Colombian cocaine is smuggled through Mexico by the country's powerful drug cartels... READ MORE

4th March, 2017 3230

RESCUE TEAMS RACE TO REACH SURVIVORS


Colombia's security forces say they are searching for hundreds of missing people after heavy mudslides left at least 254 dead... READ MORE

2nd April, 2017 3034

HUNGRY VENEZUELANS FLOOD BRAZILIAN TOWNS, AS THREAT OF MASS MIGRATION LOOMS


Brazilian government services are buckling under the weight of the sudden influx of Venezuelan migrants... READ MORE

2nd January, 2017 2695

COLOMBIA SIGNS HISTORIC PEACE DEAL WITH FARC


Just days later, voters shocked peace deal promoters and detractors alike by rejecting the agreement... READ MORE

24th November, 2016 2593

LEAKED TAPE SHOWS PLANE 'RAN OUT OF FUEL'


The plane slammed into a mountainside near the Colombian city of Medellin late on Monday... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 2143

COLOMBIA'S CONGRESS APPROVES HISTORIC PEACE DEAL WITH FARC REBELS


Gratitude to Congress for its historic support of Colombians' hope for peace, Santos tweeted after the vote in the lower house... READ MORE

1st December, 2016 2042

'TRAGEDY OF HUGE PROPORTIONS': BRAZILIAN SOCCER CLUB'S MOMENT OF GLORY ENDS IN DEADLY PLANE CRASH


The team's ascent from the depths of Brazilian soccer was the talk of the South American sporting world... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 2033

COLOMBIA PLANE CRASH: FLIGHT DATA EXAMINED AS CHAPECOENSE FANS MOURN


Emotional pain resonated across the region over the loss of much of the Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil... READ MORE

30th November, 2016 1901

PRESIDENT SANTOS OF COLOMBIA: YOU HAVE TO DRAW A LINE BETWEEN PEACE AND JUSTICE


Nobel Peace Prizewinner, President Juan Manuel Santos, talks to Isabelle Kumar about why bringing peace does not always bring popularity at the polls... READ MORE

28th June, 2017 1892

COLOMBIA DEPORTS U.S. TOURIST WHO WAS STRANDED AT A BOGOTA AIRPORT FOR THREE MONTHS


Her goal was to travel to Jordan via Spain, but she ran out of money in the southern Colombian city of Cali... READ MORE

5th January, 2017 1850

CHAPECOENSE PLANE CRASHED WHEN OTHER AIRCRAFT IN EMERGENCY WAS ALLOWED TO LAND FIRST


The Avianca co-pilot said the air traffic controller's voice broke and the crew of the Avianca plane began to cry... READ MORE

1st December, 2016 1673

AT LEAST 193 KILLED, 202 INJURED IN COLOMBIA LANDSLIDES


Since December, more than 90 people have died in neighboring Peru which has been lashed by torrential rains sparked by the so-called Coastal El Nino phenomenon... READ MORE

2nd April, 2017 1638

HONG KONG LEADER DISMISSES CARRIE LAM'S HOPE OF SCRAPPING TESTS


The mudslides slammed Mocoa on Friday after days of torrential rain in the Amazon basin area town of 40,000... READ MORE

3rd April, 2017 1582

PLANE WITH BRAZIL'S CHAPECOENSE SOCCER TEAM CRASHES IN COLOMBIA, 75 DEAD[1]


Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense were on board a plane carrying 81 people that crashed in Colombia killing 76 people, police said on Tuesday... READ MORE

29th November, 2016 1503

MOCOA: RESCUERS HUNT FOR SURVIVORS AS DEATH TOLL RISES


Search and rescue teams dig through mud after devastating landslides triggered by heavy rains kill more than 200... READ MORE

3rd April, 2017 1352

COLOMBIA PLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL PILOT SAID BEFORE CRASH


Distraught fans gathered around the team's Conda stadium in Chapeco, a city of about 200,000 people in southern Brazil... READ MORE

1st December, 2016 1223

THE FRIGHTENING ISSUE THAT COULD DESTROY COLOMBIA'S PEACE DEAL


Colombian authorities acknowledge that at least 58 community leaders and social activists were assassinated in 2016... READ MORE

4th January, 2017 1144

VENEZUELANS CROSS INTO COLOMBIA AS CRISIS DEEPENS


At 05 00 in the morning, a steady stream of Venezuelans heads into Colombia... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 1128


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