A Colombian funeral director had to buy back his customised Lincoln after a Venezuelan slip-up.
The man who blew the whistle on ‘false positives’ says he’s now being targeted by a vengeful military.
Washington’s envoy will have to straddle a tightrope in the delicate process to end civil war.
Having won a close race, returning President Juan Manuel Santos vows to work towards peace.
Gustavo Petro has gone from guerrilla to peacemaker-politician.
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Colombian Congress to tackle money laundering that threatens to make football ‘non-viable’.
The presidents of Venezuela and Colombia exploit the feelgood factor in the region to mend a relationship that had turned sour.
French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt freed from Farc rebels after six years
The rumours are strong and persistent: Ingrid Betancourt, the most prized hostage being held by Colombian rebels, is in the jungles of remote Guaviare province, sick and losing her will to live. As recently as a week ago, a peasant claimed to have seen her near the town of El Retorno, telling a priest she looked forlorn and had broken down in tears.
British mining giant Anglo American has been accused of profiting from the persecution, intimidation and killing of miners in Colombia who oppose the company’s operations. The international charity War on Want says in a report released this week that Anglo American and its subsidiaries benefited from army operations in areas where the company is prospecting, which have forced families off their land and intimidated community leaders.