Colombia

From positions in government, autonomous institutions or academia, female economists in the region are leaving their mark on public policy and resource management

As people continue to migrate, mostly to elsewhere in Latin America, there’s an increasing divide between those who stayed and those who left. These are some of their stories

The country’s aviation authority continues to study Avianca’s merger request with the low-cost carrier and urges the company to respect passenger rights

The more than five-week session of the Human Rights Council opens as the world grapples with rights concerns including Russia’s war in Ukraine

Mexican governors have gone to loopy extremes, like putting up billboards, creating special car lanes or creating mock-ups of Tesla ads for their states

Writers and publishers in the American continent are using literature as a tool to prevent the disappearance of endangered languages. Through books, workshops, classes and new spaces on the Internet, they seek to document, protect and revitalize the use of their languages and cultures

Oslo has developed a foreign policy based on facilitating negotiation, having participated in the resolution of more than 40 conflicts worldwide in recent decades

The city has been struggling to accommodate 45,000 new arrivals. Mayor Eric Adams – who insists that there is no more room – is asking them to go to Canada

Eliminalia uses fake news, cloned websites and bots to deceive Google, according to an investigation by Forbidden Stories and EL PAÍS, which for the first time reveals the company’s client list

Another 23 people were injured in the accident, which took place during a road trip between shelters. The victims had crossed the Darien Gap from Colombia

The tournament will include six teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean, including Mexico, which returns after two editions

Underwater archeologists present methods for locating thousands of missing persons dumped in the Cauca River years ago

Guerrillas, militias and murky criminal organizations are all part of a complex negotiation by the Petro administration to bring about lasting peace

The Andean country’s lack of regulations has led to scores of ads offering the service on social media

The nation’s highest court ruled in favor of three men who lived together for 10 years and the two who claimed survivor beneficiary rights when one died

President Gustavo Petro made the announcement on Twitter, calling it a ‘bold act’ as five armed organizations signed up to an accord running until June 30, 2023

Authorities from three countries continue to search for a boat that disappeared on December 17. Most of the passengers are Venezuelans

As the Maduro regime mends relations in Latin America and across the world, most opposition parties are thinking about deserting the president of the National Assembly

The Colombian designer Laura Laurens makes dresses out of fabric that was considered waste. She has shown her work at Paris and London Fashion Week

Poorly maintained walkways in some of the Colombian capital’s most exclusive neighborhoods reflect decades of neglect by public officials

The narco chief had traveled from Bogotá to meet with his family in Buenos Aires, but instead spent Christmas at Ezeiza international airport due to a ban on re-entry

Jorge Luis Ceballos, his country’s sole glaciologist, will probably see his favorite ice mass disappear before he retires in three years

Ana María Ortiz is researching treatments for depression and anxiety using the psychedelic toxins of a rare amphibian

Gustavo Petro – an ally of the former president, who is currently under arrest after trying to shut down Peru’s Congress – asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to intervene, but was told that the body respects the ‘democratic response’ of Peruvian institutions

Dr. Anna Lluch spoke with EL PAÍS about research funding, cancer screening methods and humanizing the treatment of patients