Tag: Colombia

In the medieval days, the phrase “throwing down the gauntlet” means to challenge or confront someone to a formal challenge ...

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has appointed a team of senior government officials to launch talks with the opposition on ...

Voters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24% voting ...

Hurricane Matthew has weakened slightly as it moves towards Jamaica, but is still packing winds of up to 250km/h (155mph), ...

The most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic for nine years is moving towards Jamaica with wind speeds of up to ...

The Colombian government and left-wing Farc rebels have signed a historic agreement that formally brings an end to 52 years ...

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos says the peace deal with the Farc rebel group will boost economic growth and will ...

WATFORD piled on the misery for Jose Mourinho as Manchester United crashed to a third successive defeat in an embarrassing ...

Gold was discovered, (circa) ca. BC/BCE 6,000 in Egypt (Cramb, Alan W, A Short History of Metals, Department of Materials ...

The main leftist rebel group in Colombia, the Farc, has ordered all its fighters to observe a ceasefire from midnight ...

Ghana is to build a $1.5 billion coal power plant at Ekumfi Aboano, in the Ekumfi District of the Central ...

Foreigners looking to buy property in Ghana will face some restrictions. Land ownership in particular is tightly regulated, with non-nationals ...