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After 17 years of litigation, Chiquita Brands International is found liable by a jury in United States Federal Court of financing the far-right paramilitary death squad United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia in the Antioquia and Magdalena Departments of Colombia. [https:--earthrights.org-media_release-colombian-victims-win-historic-verdict-over-chiquita-jury-finds-banana-company-liable-for-financing-death-squads- (EarthRights International)]Right-wing paramilitarism in Colombia
2024-06-10

Finland reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant, which was first detected in Colombia.
2021-09-18

An explosive device is detonated in a commercial center in the Colombian city of Cúcuta, on the border with Venezuela, with at least 12 injured.
2019-05-30

28 people are killed and two others are missing after a landslide in the municipality of Rosas, in southwestern Colombia.
2019-04-21

Venezuelan authorities report 12 people were killed overnight in the capital Caracas, mostly in the El Valle working class neighborhood where 54 people, including newborn babies, were forced to evacuate a maternity hospital. Others have fled to Colombia. This death toll during the three weeks of anti-government protests is 20.
2017-04-21

Two former Colombian ministers Sabas Pretelt and Diego Palacio are sentenced to six years in prison for corruption in bribing lawmakers to support the 2006 re-election bid of former President Alvaro Uribe.
2015-04-15

A landslide kills 18 and injures dozens in Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
2011-11-6

President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez welcomes President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos to Caracas.
2010-11-2

The death toll in Colombia's mine blast reaches 70, as 4 more charred corpses are retrieved.
2010-06-21

Colombia's former Minister of National Defence, Juan Manuel Santos, wins the first round of the country's presidential election, but without the majority needed to avoid a June run-off with rival Antanas Mockus
2010-05-31