Colombia

The state’s failure to effectively implement fiscal reform has led to the government wanting to further elevate taxes for private enterprises

Over 4.000 residents from Antioquia had to flee the area in order to escape from the drug cartel and neo-paramilitary group Clan del Golfo, who has consistently been trying to take control of the region

The city of Cali established a plan of action to finance the education of over 10.000 students, with the long term goal of facilitating social mobility and positively impact future generations

The government will subsidise 25% of the salaries of newly hired workers with ages 18-25, in order to generate more jobs

The protests continued last week, showing the great rift between the strike organizers who had called for them to be suspended and the communities that have risen up against police repression and continue resistance to the authoritarian government

A study reveals that forest clearing by legal mining operations has increased sharply in recent years: in less than a generation, legal mining deforested over 120.000 hectares in the country

The national strike that began on 28 April has passed its one-month mark

Julian Lennon, the son of legend John, has produces an amazing series of photography showing the remote Kogi tribe, which has lived isolated from the outside world for more than 1,000 years in the mountains of northern Colombia

Colombia Reports and Facebook website were taken down in an unprecedented cyber attack

A German tourist, missing for seven days in the jungles, has been found and rescued by local soldiers

The government has increased its biodiesel blend from 10% to 12%

Consumption of illegal cigarettes cost Colombia's departments roughly $696.4 billion