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With 11,000 victims since 1990, Colombia is one of the most "mine-affected" countries in the world.

More than half of the total, or about $2.3 million USD, will fund the construction of a new administrative center for Mocoa.

Floodwaters in Bagadó reportedly reached more than meter high, while the municipalities of Cértegui, Lloró, and Nuquí also experienced significant flooding.

Heavy rains caused a landslide that killed at least 16 and affected more than 500 families and 80 homes across 16 primarily lower-class neighborhoods.

There were no injuries to any of the four crew on board, but one of El Dorado’s runways remained closed for roughly two hours.

"My heart — our heart, the heart of all Colombians — is with the victims of this tragedy," said President Santos.

The company spent around $2 million USD to drill this infill well to a total depth of nearly 8,500 feet in about two weeks.

Rutty Paola Ortiz was introduced today as Colombia's new Vice Minister of Mines and Energy by Germán Arce Zapata, the nation's Minister of Mines and Energy.

Amid road blocks and bridge damage from a strike in Putumayo, Ecopetrol says up to 40,000 barrels per day of its production is now at risk.

Local and regional governments (LRGs) in Brazil and Colombia should face similar challenges from the decline in commodities prices and their importance to their economies, according to Fitch Ratings. LRGs in Colombia and Brazil suffer from high numbers of informal workers (those...