Colombia

Colombia's long-elusive goal: land reform

3 days ago

Members of 40 families driven from a farm in northern Colombia a decade ago are afraid to return, even though a court has now declared them the rightful owners.

Texan gets prison in Colombia firearms case

5 days ago

The investigation began in 2010 when U.S authorities noticed Regan had been acquiring firearms and was receiving money via wire transfers from banks in Colombia.

FARC calls for election delay in Colombia talks

8 days ago

Talks on ending Colombia's protracted civil conflict have resumed with a surprising proposal from the country's largest rebel group: postpone next year's elections.

Colombia minister rules out NATO membership

15 days ago

"Santos said over the weekend that Colombia planned to sign an agreement for cooperation with NATO "with a look also at entering that organization.

Venezuela angry Colombia hosts opposition leader

20 days ago

Venezuelan officials are warning Colombia's president that his meeting with Venezuela's opposition leader could severely damage relations between the neighboring countries.

Biden: Security now second-tier with Colombia

23 days ago

Biden did note Washington's insistence that human rights violators be tried in Colombia's civilian courts.

Colombia and its rebels reach land reform deal

24 days ago

They must now hammer out understandings in five other areas, starting with the political reintegration of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia fighters, another highly sensitive issue.

A year later, U.S. trade with Colombia grows while anxiety mounts

27 days ago

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, are expected to arrive in Colombia on Sunday as part of a weeklong trip that also will take them to Trinidad, Tobago and Brazil.

Colombia: 9 soldiers killed by in rebel attack

28 days ago

Both the ELN and the FARC emerged in the 1960s, largely as an outgrowth of rural peasant movements seeking a more equitable distribution of Colombia's agricultural lands.

Colombia court convicts ex-lawmaker in massacre

34 days ago

Colombia court convicts ex-lawmaker in massacre

Colombia's first saint championed indigenous

40 days ago

After her mother moved the family to Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city, she trained to be an elementary school teacher.

Colombia cops: Fake nuns hid cocaine under habits

43 days ago

The nuns' habits didn't seem to be habitual garb for three young women so Colombian police asked them to step aside when they arrived on the Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota.

Paramilitary soap opera stirs dispute in Colombia

49 days ago

It has been among the top five most-viewed programs on Colombian television during its run.

Colombia lifts port ban on Drummond coal shipments

110 days ago

Colombia's government has ended a nearly monthlong ban on coal shipments by the U.S. -based Drummond Co. that was imposed after it dumped tons of coal into the ocean at a Caribbean port.

Rebel-held hostages' release postponed in Colombia

124 days ago

Red Cross representatives and a Colombian politician, former senator Piedad Cordoba, had set out by car earlier Thursday toward the zone where they had planned to pick up at least one of the...

At least 7 troops killed in Colombia fighting

125 days ago

Colombian authorities say at least seven soldiers have been killed and five others have been wounded in fighting with rebels.

Strong but deep quake in Colombia

130 days ago

The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong but deep earthquake has shaken western Colombia.

Colombia judge nixes ban on film on hostage's baby

139 days ago

Emmanuel's story has enthralled Colombia, a nation especially traumatized by rebel kidnappings in the 1990s and 2000s.

Colombian-style band missing in northern Mexico

142 days ago

For three years, Kombo Kolombia has played a Colombian style of music known as vallenato, which is popular in Nuevo Leon state.

Colombia nabs 3 alleged rebels linked to abduction

149 days ago

The leftist ELN is Colombia's second-largest insurgency, much smaller than the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

Colombia: Canadian, Peruvian gold miners kidnapped

152 days ago

The rebel band known as the ELN has an estimated 1,500 figthers is far smaller than the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which is currently engaged in peace talks with the government in Cuba.