The Cannes Film Festival has concluded with one of the most shocking awards ceremonies in years. The Cannes Film Festival has concluded with one of the most shocking awards ceremonies in years.
After 26 Farc fighters were killed in a Colombian air and ground offensive this past Thursday, the Marxist group has suspended a unilateral ceasefire which had been put in place since December 2014.
A small plane that had apparently taken off from Venezuela and carried more than a ton of cocaine on Wednesday crashed off the coast of Colombia. The aircraft had been pursued by the Colombian military.
Against all likelihood, an 11-month-old infant was discovered alive, buried face-down in the mud, more than a mile from where he had been sleeping when the flash flood swept through town of Salgar, killing his family.
Several Latin American governments have been challenging various approaches to the war on drugs, traditionally pushed by the United States. Countries like Colombia, Chile, and Bolivia are "just saying no" to -- or at least severely modifying -- long held U.S. anti-drug strategies employed in the region like prohibition, the eradication of narcotics-producing crops, and presenting a unified militarized front against growers.
While expressing his belief that homosexuality was not a sin at a university conference on gay marriage and adoption this past Thursday, Colombian Bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba managed to offend traditional Catholics, as well as the homosexuals he was trying to welcome into the church.
This past Saturday Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced that he would be putting a stop to the use of herbicide that has been a fundamental part of U.S.-financed attempts to kill coca crops.
Spanish artist Alejandro Sanz whose known as having the largest number of Grammy awards --17 Latin and 3 American -- is oozing with talent with his signature raspy voice and sultry Flamenco-inspired vibes, so it's no wonder why he named his tenth album," "Sirope" ("Syrup").
The Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos has just authorized the extradition of Leiver Padilla Mendoza, a man wanted in Venezuela for the murder of a Caracas politician named Robert Serra.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy has stated that the amount of land under coca cultivation in Colombia jumped 39 percent in 2014 to about 276,000 acres, despite decline in recent years.
A first edition of Garcia Marquez's masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude" has been stolen, prompting Colombian police to search for the valuable book.
Maria del Pilar Hurtado, the former head of Colombia's secret police, has just been sentenced to 14 years for spying on politicians, judges, and journalists.
Vega has opted to step back from the negotiations, telling reporters it is matter for the government to handle. Nonetheless, she hopes Colombia finally achieves peace soon.
Carmen Villalobos, the popular actress who plays the incorruptible agent Leonor Ballesteros on Telemundo's "El Señor de los Cielos," knows that the series' themes of crime and corruption hit close to home not just in Mexico, but also in her homeland of Colombia.
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