BOGOTA, Colombia - At least 11 people died and ten more remained trapped following a coal mine explosion in central Colombia, the governor of Cundinamarca department said Wednesday. The accident in the municipality of Sutatausa occurred due to an accumulation of gases that exploded after a worker's...
CARACAS, Venezuela -- The leaders of Colombia and Venezuela on Thursday renewed a trade deal that had been suspended for four years, in the latest rapprochement between the neighbors. Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, in a signing ceremony with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at a bridge border...
The House of Representatives adopted on Wednesday night, Dec. 14 a resolution commending weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz for again bringing honor to the country by winning three gold medals in the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships. Hidilyn Diaz (BDO) Held at the Gran Carpa Americas Corferias in...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Three children were killed Thursday by a landslide that buried a rural school in the coffee-growing municipality of Andes in northwestern Colombia, authorities said. Locals and rescue teams are seen at the site of a landslide in Andes municipality, Antioquia department,...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- At least four people were killed and another 30 seriously injured on Sunday when the grandstand at a bullring in Colombia collapsed during a popular event at which members of the public face off with small bulls, officials said. Aerial view of the collapsed grandstand in a...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Six children died and over a dozen were injured on Tuesday after their school bus rolled down a cliff in northeastern Colombia, a regional official said. "Unfortunately I have to confirm (the) school bus accident on the Laguna de Ortices-San Andres road, where 6 minors died and...
BOGOTA, Colombia – An Italian tourist died Friday after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Colombia's San Andres island in the Caribbean Sea, local media reported. The 56-year-old man, identified by Colombian press as Antonio Roseto Degli Abruzzi, was swimming near a cliff when he...
A demonstrator holds Colombian flags reading 'No to hunger' and 'Raise your voice' during a protest against the government of Colombian President Ivan Duque, in Bogota on May 12, 2021. (AFP) BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia took umbrage Monday at being included in a report by UN agencies on 20 ''hunger...
BOGOTA, Colombia -- A new coronavirus variant known as ''Mu,'' identified first in Colombia in January, is now the country's predominant strain and behind its deadliest pandemic wave yet, a health official said Thursday. (Image credit: Shutterstock) The variant was responsible for Colombia's deadly...
The international community on Tuesday decried what the UN described as an "excessive use of force" by security officers in Colombia after numerous deaths during days of anti-government protests. A Colombian citizen holds a placar reading "In Colombia they are killing us" during a demonstration...
Another International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) joint venture, this time in Colombia, South America, hit its one millionth twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) milestone this month, despite the pandemic. It was a positive year opener for Sociedad Puerto Industrial de Aguadulce...
Just like the cultural warrior that she is, the former Miss Universe wore Philippine pride with utmost grace and style "Australian by birth, represented Philippines," was Catriona Gray 's introduction as a judge during the recent Miss Universe Colombia pageant. Filipino fans were quick to respond...
