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MORE UN OBSERVERS RISK LOSING JOBS AFTER DANCING WITH FARC REBELS AT NYE PARTY (VIDEO)
In November, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono signed a historic peace deal... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA DEPORTS U.S. TOURIST WHO WAS STRANDED AT A BOGOTA AIRPORT FOR THREE MONTHS
Her goal was to travel to Jordan via Spain, but she ran out of money in the southern Colombian city of Cali... READ MORE›
THE FRIGHTENING ISSUE THAT COULD DESTROY COLOMBIA'S PEACE DEAL
Colombian authorities acknowledge that at least 58 community leaders and social activists were assassinated in 2016... READ MORE›
HUNGRY VENEZUELANS FLOOD BRAZILIAN TOWNS, AS THREAT OF MASS MIGRATION LOOMS
Brazilian government services are buckling under the weight of the sudden influx of Venezuelan migrants... READ MORE›
PLANE CRASH LANDS ON PACKED SPANISH BEACH AS TOURISTS DIVE FOR COVER
The three-seater aircraft spewed debris across the sands when it crashed onto the Las Teresitas beach in Tenerife shortly before 1pm on Tuesday... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA PLANE CRASH RESULT OF HUMAN ERROR, PROBE REVEALS
The pilot also did not report the plane's emergency until it was too late, it said... READ MORE›
CHAPECOENSE PLANE CRASH: BOLIVIA BLAMES PILOT AND AIRLINE
The plane, operated by Bolivian airline LaMia, plunged into a mountainside near the Colombian city Medellin... READ MORE›
AIRLINE AND PILOT 'DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE' FOR PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED 71, SAYS BOLIVIA
Bolivia blames airline and pilot for crash that killed soccer team... READ MORE›
CHAPECOENSE PLANE CRASH PILOT 'NOT TRAINED PROPERLY'
Copilot Goytia was aware but did not disclose the facts to protect the airline's reputation, the attorney added... READ MORE›
NO PROGRESS AS COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT, RIVAL MEET WITH POPE
REUTERS Vincenzo Pinto 5 7 left right Pope Francis L meets former Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe R at the Vatican December 16, 2016... READ MORE›
POPE INVITES COLOMBIA PRESIDENT AND OPPONENT TO TALK PEACE
Pope Francis invited President Juan Manuel Santos and Mr Santos's right-wing predecessor in the presidency, Alvaro Uribe, to discuss the country's peace accord with rebels... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA CLOSES BORDER WITH COLOMBIA TO COMBAT CASH SMUGGLING
He adds an investigation has revealed that billions in bolivars are stashed by US-backed 'mafias' in Colombian and Brazilian cities... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA: BRUTAL RAPE AND DEATH OF GIRL SHOCKS COUNTRY MARRED BY CRIME
Even in a country often numbed by outbreaks of violence and heinous crime, the brutal death of a seven-year-old indigenous girl has horrified Colombia... READ MORE›
SANTOS CALLS FOR 'RETHINK' OF WAR ON DRUGS
The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for the world to rethink the war on drugs... READ MORE›
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT JUAN MANUEL SANTOS COLLECTS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway... READ MORE›
BOLIVIAN AIRLINE CEO TO BE JAILED UNTIL SOCCER CRASH TRIAL OVER
Gustavo Vargas, chief executive of charter airline LaMia, who denies the charges against him, was brought in for initial questioning by Bolivian prosecutors on Tuesday... READ MORE›
100,000 TURN OUT FOR MEMORIAL TO BRAZIL PLANE CRASH VICTIMS
More than 100,000 people have braved pouring rain to say goodbye to members of a Brazilian football club who died in a plane crash... READ MORE›
CUBA'S FIDEL CASTRO, REVOLUTIONARY AND DICTATOR, SEEN BY SOME IN COLOMBIA AS A PEACEMAKER
By the end of his life, Fidel Castro recognized that the armed struggle was not the correct path, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos declared... READ MORE›
AUDIO RECORDING SHOWS COLOMBIA PLANE CRASH PILOT'S MAYDAY CALL
Juan Sebastian Upegui, the co-pilot on a nearby Avianca plane, said he overheard the LaMia pilot telling the control tower in Medellin he was in trouble... READ MORE›
CHAPECOENSE PLANE CRASHED WHEN OTHER AIRCRAFT IN EMERGENCY WAS ALLOWED TO LAND FIRST
The Avianca co-pilot said the air traffic controller's voice broke and the crew of the Avianca plane began to cry... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA'S CONGRESS APPROVES HISTORIC PEACE DEAL WITH FARC REBELS
Gratitude to Congress for its historic support of Colombians' hope for peace, Santos tweeted after the vote in the lower house... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA PLANE CRASH: THOUSANDS GATHER FOR VIGILS
Chapecoense lost 19 of the team in the crash, which happened when the plane plunged into a mountainside near the city of Medellin late on Monday... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA'S CONGRESS APPROVES REVISED DEAL WITH FARC
Colombia's Congress has approved a revised peace deal with the FARC rebel group, paving the way to end a conflict that has lasted more than 50 years... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA'S CONGRESS APPROVES NEW PEACE DEAL WITH FARC REBELS
The agreement was approved in the lower house by 130-0, a day after the Senate ratified it 75-0... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA'S CONGRESS RATIFIES PEACE DEAL WITH FARC REBELS
President Juan Manuel Santos has said there won't be a second referendum... READ MORE›
PLANE CARRYING BRAZIL'S CHAPECOENSE SOCCER TEAM CRASHES IN COLOMBIA, 76 DEAD
Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, heading for the biggest game in their history, were on board a plane that crashed into Colombian jungle, killing 76 peop... READ MORE›
CHAPECOENSE AIR CRASH: COLOMBIA INVESTIGATES FUEL LINK
Colombian officials say evidence is growing that a plane crashed near Medellin because it ran out of fuel... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA PLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL PILOT SAID BEFORE CRASH
Distraught fans gathered around the team's Conda stadium in Chapeco, a city of about 200,000 people in southern Brazil... READ MORE›
SOCCER PLANE IN COLOMBIA CRASH WAS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL
Soccer plane in colombia crash was running out of fuel recording... READ MORE›
INVESTIGATION TEAM RECOVER BLACK BOXES FROM TRAGIC BRAZIL FOOTBALL TEAM PLANE
Investigation team recover black boxes from tragic Brazil football team plane... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Colombia
PLANE CARRYING BRAZILIAN SOCCER TEAM TO COLOMBIA CRASHES, OFFICIALS SAY
When electrical flaws were reported, according to a statement from the Jose Maria Cordova International Airport in Rionegro, Colombia... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA REFERENDUM: VOTERS REJECT FARC PEACE DEAL
Colombians reject a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24 percent voting against it... READ MORE›
WHY REFERENDUMS ARENA??T AS DEMOCRATIC AS THEY SEEM
This shows an important way referendums are different from regular elections They succeed only when the nation perceives the vote as reflecting popular will... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA REFERENDUM: VOTERS REJECT PEACE DEAL WITH FARC GUERRILLAS
Colombians have rejected a peace deal to end 52 years of war with Farc guerrillas, throwing the country into confusion about its future... READ MORE›
COLOMBIANS VOTE ON HISTORIC PEACE AGREEMENT WITH FARC REBELS
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Colombia's day of reckoning has arrived... READ MORE›
76 DEAD AFTER PLANE CARRYING BRAZILIAN SOCCER CLUB CRASHES IN COLOMBIA
A plane carrying the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, heading for the biggest game in it history, crashed in Colombia on Tuesday, killing 76 of the 81 people aboard... READ MORE›
MATTHEW, A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE, THREATENS HAITI, JAMAICA
Jamaicans are accustomed to intense storms, but Hurricane Matthew looked particularly threatening... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA PEACE DEAL: HISTORIC AGREEMENT IS SIGNED
Colombia's government and left-wing Farc rebels sign an agreement that formally brings an end to 52 years of civil war... READ MORE›
BRAZILIAN GOALIE IN PLANE CRASH CALLED WIFE JUST BEFORE DYING
Minutes before he took his last breath, Marcos Danilo spoke to his wife from a hospital bed in Medellin, Colombia, according to multiple Brazilian news outlets... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA AND FARC SIGN HISTORIC PACT ENDING 52-YEAR WAR
The US Department of State has pledged 390m for Colombia next year to support the peace process... READ MORE›
CHAPECOENSE PLANE CRASH: FOOTBALL RALLIES AROUND BRAZILIAN TEAM
Chapecoense's goalkeeping coach Marcelo De Quadros Kunst stayed in Brazil with players who did not travel to Colombia... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA REFERENDUM: PEACE DEAL WITH FARC REJECTED
Voters in Colombia's referendum have narrowly rejected a peace accord between the government and the Marxist group, FARC... READ MORE›
MOTHER AND BABY SURVIVE COLOMBIA JUNGLE PLANE CRASH
Maria Nelly Murillo 18 and her one-year-old son were found by rescuers near to where their small Cessna plane crashed in Choco province... READ MORE›
A FARC REBEL DISCOVERS SOFT BEDS AND IPHONES AFTER 20 YEARS IN THE COLOMBIAN JUNGLE
EL DIAMANTE, Colombia -- Do you want to see my gun? Yurluey Mendoza asked about 90 minutes into our conversation... READ MORE›
COLOMBIAN OPPOSITION TO PEACE DEAL FEEDS OFF GAY RIGHTS BACKLASH
Mr. Santos's push to end the war has earned him enormous recognition internationally, culminating in the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA SIGNS HISTORIC PEACE DEAL WITH FARC
Just days later, voters shocked peace deal promoters and detractors alike by rejecting the agreement... READ MORE›
LEAKED TAPE SHOWS PLANE 'RAN OUT OF FUEL'
The plane slammed into a mountainside near the Colombian city of Medellin late on Monday... READ MORE›
'TRAGEDY OF HUGE PROPORTIONS': BRAZILIAN SOCCER CLUB'S MOMENT OF GLORY ENDS IN DEADLY PLANE CRASH
The team's ascent from the depths of Brazilian soccer was the talk of the South American sporting world... READ MORE›
HOW A US PRESIDENT AND JP MORGAN MADE PANAMA
The Panamanian elite had learned early that their future lay more lucratively in accommodating the far-off rich than in being part of South America... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA PLANE CRASH: FLIGHT DATA EXAMINED AS CHAPECOENSE FANS MOURN
Emotional pain resonated across the region over the loss of much of the Chapecoense soccer team from southern Brazil... READ MORE›
THREE ARRESTED IN PARIS OVER 'DEVIL'S BREATH' DRUG THAT TURNS VICTIMS INTO WILLING 'ZOMBIES'
The victims targeted very often old were accosted in the street by a first woman a source close to the investigation told Le Parisien newspaper... READ MORE›
BERTA CACERES MURDER: INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS LAUNCH NEW INVESTIGATION
Her murder triggered widespread international condemnation, including unsuccessful efforts by US lawmakers to withhold American aid until the government approved an international team of investigators... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA AND FARC REBELS SIGN HISTORIC CEASEFIRE DEAL TO END 50-YEAR CONFLICT
Final peace deal will require approval in referendum but formal cessation of hostilities and Farc's acceptance of disarmament are key steps toward resolution... READ MORE›
PLANE WITH BRAZIL'S CHAPECOENSE SOCCER TEAM CRASHES IN COLOMBIA, 75 DEAD[1]
Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense were on board a plane carrying 81 people that crashed in Colombia killing 76 people, police said on Tuesday... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA'S BREXIT MOMENT AS POLITICIANS MISJUDGE POPULAR ANGER AT FARC AMNESTY
The Nobel committee was reportedly considering a peace prize for Colombia... READ MORE›
CEASEFIRE SIGNED TO END FIVE DECADES OF WAR
Medellin-based newspaper El Colombiano featured a commentary by former President Alvaro Uribe, who remains sceptical about the prospects for peace, saying the word peace is wounded... READ MORE›
COLOMBIAN CEASEFIRE WITH FARC REBELS TO END ON OCTOBER 31
Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Sergio Jaramillo is currently in Havana with Chief Negotiator Humberto de la Calle meeting with FARC negotiators... READ MORE›
WHY WAR-TORN COLOMBIA DIDN'T VOTE FOR PEACE
But across Colombia's more traditional, high-altitude conservative heartland, the peace deal went down in flames... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA NEARS HISTORIC DEAL AFTER AGREEMENT ON JUSTICE AND REPARATIONS
Colombiaa??s president joins chief of leftist Farc rebels in saying the two sides had agreed on a formula for transitional justice for conflict-related crimes... READ MORE›
COLOMBIA REJECTS FARC DEAL: WHAT'S NEXT?
To the Colombian people who dream with peace, they can count on us... READ MORE›