Colombia’s election stations opened for voting in a presidential race filled with uncertainty as former rebel Gustavo Petro and millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez compete for power in a country saddled with widespread poverty, violence and other woes. Abstention is expected to be high on Sunday as voters face a stark …
Read More »Building peace, one project at a time in Colombia
A pot boils on a wood fire in the open air at a rest spot in the Serranía del Perijá, in the mountainous rural north of Colombia. More than a hundred people, including former combatants from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group known as FARC, their families, and local …
Read More »Paraguay anti-drug prosecutor shot dead on honeymoon in Colombia
Marcelo Pecci, 45, was fatally shot while relaxing on a beach on Colombia’s Carribean island of Baru, his wife says. Paraguayan anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci has been shot dead while honeymooning on a Colombian Caribbean island by men who fled by sea, police and his widow said. Paraguay’s president denounced …
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