Unlocking the secrets of fragile X in Colombia
It’s late afternoon in Ricaurte, a tiny town tucked into the Colombian Andes, when Mercedes Triviño, 82, lights the wood stove to start preparing dinner. Smoke fills the two-bedroom home she shares with six...
Colombia Takes Aim at “Narcotourism”, Closes Pablo Escobar Museum
The closure of the Pablo Escobar Museum in Medellín, Colombia, represents a serious blow to the narcoculture that has taken root in the city, where tourists see a perfect opportunity to reminisce about the...
Coffee farmers struggle to adapt to Colombia’s changing climate
In Colombia’s coffee-producing region of Risaralda, small trees run along the sharp incline of the Andes Mountains, carefully tended in tidy rows. Thousands of green coffee berries turn brilliant red as they ripen, ready...
Colombia to Host Meeting with Ecuador, Peru on Venezuelan Migrant Issue
BOGOTA - Officials from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will meet in Bogota next week to seek a solution to a growing exodus of migrants overwhelming South American countries as they flee a devastating economic...
Referendum on Proposed Anti-Corruption Laws Falls Short in Colombia
A set of anti-corruption initiatives in Colombia failed to attract the required number of votes Sunday, despite earning nearly 100 percent support of the voters.
Over 11 million Colombians voted to approve the seven initiatives,...
Venezuelan women turn to sex work in Colombia
Venezuelan women are being driven into the sex trade in Colombia in order to survive, a Sky News investigation has found.
Scores of women were found touting for business on the streets of the border...
Venezuelan economic crisis tears families as they flee into Colombia
Crowds of families sit with their cases and bags underneath the trees on the border with Colombia and Venezuela.
One woman with tears streaming down her face tells Sky News how she has been forced...
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FARC accused of attacking police in southwest Colombia
Five police officers were injured on Sunday when a police vehicle was targeted by an alleged FARC explosive device in the southwest of Colombia.
Speaking...
Apology is 1st step to restore trust: North Colombia Peace Community
The peace community of San Jose de Apartado considered the official apology by Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday as the first steps to...
Student protests against corruption disrupt Colombia capital
Around 1,000 students protested took to the streets of the Colombian capital Bogota demanding mayor Gustavo Petro take actions against corruption in the city’s...
Eight Arrested in Bogota Shopping Mall Bombing
The City Paper Bogota reports four men and four women were detained in the Centro Andino shopping mall bombing in Bogota on June 17...
Colombia court approves tax agreement with United States
A Bogota court approved a tax agreement between Colombia and the United States on Sunday that will allow the two countries to pursue tax...
Colombia looks to attract tourists with peace, currency
TODAY COLOMBIA, BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia hopes to position itself as a top-tier tourist destination in a bid to attract foreign visitors ahead of...
US Navy Hospital Ship to Deploy to Colombia
The United States is sending a U.S. Navy hospital ship to Colombia to help treat some of the hundreds of thousands of people who have poured over the border fleeing violence in Venezuela.
Defense Secretary...
Drug trafficking and organized crime, agenda topics with the United States
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis met with Colombia’s defense minister on Friday to reaffirm the long-standing defense relationship between the United States and Colombia, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said.
In a statement summarizing...
Colombians Told ‘No Sex’ In The Afternoon. It’s Too Darn Hot!
It’s been a sweltering summer in many parts of the world, with millions scrambling for ways to cool off. On Wednesday, the 600,000 residents of Santa Marta, Colombia, were given one interesting suggestion: Stop...
‘We apologize’: former Colombia FARC rebels seek forgiveness at tribunal
Former rebel FARC commanders in Colombia have appeared at a historic tribunal where for the first time they were made to answer for kidnappings and forced disappearances under the terms of a peace deal.
"We...
Colombian President-Elect Pledges to Maintain Peace Accords With FARC Rebels
Ivan Duque, who finished first in the second round of the Colombian presidential vote, said that he would respect the peace accords with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed by incumbent President...
Ivan Duque Wins Colombian Presidential Elections
President-elect Ivan Duque appealed for unity after winning a runoff election over a leftist firebrand whose ascent shook Colombia’s political establishment and laid bare deep divisions over the nation’s peace process.
Duque, the young conservative...
Colombia Aiming For Best-ever World Cup
(AFP) Colombia will not take struggling Japan for granted when the two sides meet in their World Cup opener in Saransk, on Tuesday (June 19), Luis Muriel said Sunday.
"Los Cafeteros" are aiming to top...
Fajardo’s Party Leaning Towards Supporting Leftist Petro
Now that the right-wing Ivan Duque will face the center-left Gustavo Petro in the second round of the Colombian presidential elections, the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) party announced it will take a new stance...
Ivan Duque and Gustavo Petro Go To Runoff
With nearly all ballots counted in Sunday's first round, Ivan Duque was leading with 39.7% ahead of Gustavo Petro on 24.8%. Former Medellin Mayor Sergio Fajardo came third with 23.8%.
Duque, a hardline conservative who...
Colombia to be NATO’s first Latin American global partner
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will next week formally join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, making it the only Latin American nation in the alliance, President Juan Manuel Santos said late on Friday.
Colombia will join...
Pablo Escobar’s Former Hit Man “Popeye” Arrested In Medellin
From a "repentant Popeye", he went on to "Popeye imprisoned", Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, the self-proclaimed former sicario (hitman) for Pablo Escobar, was arrested in Medellin on Friday, May 25, on charges of extortion...