Colombia News

Mapfre to Make $983.8M Pay-Out Over Colombia Dam

BOGOTA — Spanish insurer Mapfre on Friday signed a contract to make a $983.8 million contingency pay-out to Colombia’s Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) over issues with the construction of the massive Hidroituango dam. The funds will guarantee that the …

Colombia Probes Deadly Bus Fire that Killed 33 Children

Colombian authorities have detained a bus driver and are questioning him in the deaths of 33 children who were killed when the overcrowded vehicle bringing them home from Sunday school caught fire. Luz Estella Duran, mayor of the village of …