Colombia

After eight months of talks, an unprecedented bilateral ceasefire has finally been agreed with the guerrilla group, which has been active since the 1960s

In the biodiverse region of Guainía, a chemist, a zootechnician and a biologist convinced indigenous communities to replace coca crops with beehives

The arrest of Nicolás Petro is a major blow to the government. President Gustavo Petro said early Saturday that he wouldn’t interfere with the probe but was pained to see one of his sons going to jail

In a meeting coordinated by Colombian Vice President, Francia Márquez, Afro-descendant women leaders from the Americas and Africa met in Bogotá to discuss the challenges they face in accessing politics

Falling prices and high inflation have resulted in forced displacement and food insecurity for thousands of peasants whose economic mainstay was growing the plant exclusively and selling coca paste

The president began the second legislative session since his administration began. He defended his commitment to the energy transition and his policy of ‘total peace.’ While did not mention his much-criticized healthcare reform, he did call for a national political agreement to create ‘a more just and productive society’

For the moment, the four siblings whose fate captivated the world remain in the state’s custody after being rescued

The United Nations Population Fund published a report that reveals how these women, rendered invisible in health systems, are more likely to die as a result of pregnancy and childbirth

Samuel Santander Lopesierra, the former smuggler who was extradited to the United States, is back and wants to rule his city

Diego Molano and Jaime Arizabaleta, pre-candidates for the mayoralties of Bogotá and Cali, have proposed building prisons inspired by Nayib Bukele’s crusade against crime

Gustavo Petro, Iván Duque and Juan Manuel Santos all dealt with Nicaragua’s case against the South American country at The Hague. Vice President Francia Márquez praised the ICJ ruling for paving the way to ‘improving the living conditions of the Raizal people’

The building was once the main attraction of narco tourism in the Colombian city

Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, a former finance minister who came close to winning the 2014 election, was charged with fraud, illicit enrichment and falsification of documents

Mothers, sisters and wives of at least 35 unjustly detained people in El Salvador ask the government of Gustavo Petro to help them guarantee the human rights of their relatives

Actors Ana María Orozco and Jorge Enrique Abello are set to reprise their roles in the most successful ever TV soap opera

Researchers from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and the United States have studied the specimens that live up to 200 feet deep in the iconic basin. Photos of 109 species have been compiled in a book

Buenaventura’s spike in homicides has prompted proposals to militarize the area while the High Commissioner for Peace plans new outreach efforts with criminal gangs

The governor of Buenaventura, the country’s main seaport, has asked authorities to send in the army to protect the population from armed gangs engaged in turf wars

The family disappeared on Monday while traveling through the department of Arauca

Over 300 peace signatories and their families have left Vista Hermosa after being threatened by dissidents. Two members of the community were murdered in May

The organization, which is involved in crimes such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation and drug trafficking, is extending its tentacles in eight countries in the region

The president, who began his mandate in August 2022 with 56% support, is trying to regain the initiative after several crises that have damaged his popularity

Former uniformed officers admitted to having ultimate responsibility for 49 ‘false positives,’ and hiding the bodies in a cemetery so that the victims’ families could not find them

The result of a survey reveals that 63% of respondents in these Latin American countries agree that LGBTQ+ people should run for and hold public office

Producers from around the world are negotiating substantial contracts with the family’s lawyers to bring the gripping tale of survival to the screen

Pedro Sánchez, the special forces general who led the search, never lost hope of finding them alive in the Amazon