Colombian researchers have located the Spanish treasure ship San José, which sank in 1708 with jewels and precious metals that today could be worth as much as $14 billion, the South American country's president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced in a statement on Saturday.
Colombian security forces have they killed a senior rebel Marxist group Ejército de Liberación Nacional, (National Liberation Army), the second largest guerrilla army in the region.
Thirty jailed member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group have received pardons from the Colombian government, as President Juan Manuel Santos is rushing to finalize a peace deal with the leftist militants.
The political fate of Juan Manuel Santos seems closely linked to the peace deal the Colombian president has worked out with the country's leftist guerilla group. The leader himself admits that his legacy would suffer greatly if the agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were to come apart.
Colombia, a country once known as the home of the world's four major drug trafficking cartels, is now set to legalize the therapeutic use of marijuana under a presidential decree.
Colombia's second-largest left wing terrorist group, the ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional), has reached out for help mediating with President Juan Manuel Santos
Colombian leader Juan Manuel Santos has announced a bilateral truce between his nation and the Marxist rebel group FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia).
The Colombian government has come to an agreement regarding the over 50,000 people who are estimated to still be missing due to over 50 years of conflict between the nation and the Marxist group.
Despite initial uncertainty and over Venezuela’s recent move to close its borders with Colombia, the Colombian government has admits that both crime and smuggling have decreased since the socialist country deployed thousands of troops to guard the porous border back in August.
Now that tensions between the Colombian government and the Marxist group FARC seems to have come down, the Unites States has announced, through their Colombian ambassador, that they will let the South American country decide how to deal with FARC rebels known to have committed crimes.
A Colombian drug lord who long dominated a historically lawless area near the country's border with Venezuela was killed on Thursday in a ground and air attack, local officials announced.
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe this week voiced his strong opposition to the tentative agreement his successor, Juan Manuel Santos, has struck with the country's leftist guerillas.
The Colombian rebel group FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) has announced on Wednesday they will suspend their military training after reaching an agreement witht the Colombian government.
The deal between the Colombian government and the country's leftist guerillas could help many nations address issues ranging from climate change to extreme poverty, President Juan Manuel Santos told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.
A month after the Venezuelan government closed key border crossing areas to neighboring Colombia, the socialist nation has announced that Colombians who were deported during the initial crackdown will be allowed to return.
The 50-year conflict between the Colombian government and the country's leftist guerrillas may be coming to an end, as President Juan Manuel Santos and the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced a breakthrough on Thursday in Havana.
Colombian President Juan Manual Santos traveled to Ecuador on Monday to meet with Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro in an attempt to ease tension between their two countries.
The leaders of Venezuela and Colombia finally to set a date for a bilateral meeting on their nation's border crisis, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced.
More than 4 in 10 Colombians fear that their country's border crisis with Venezuela may eventually lead to a war between the two South American neighbors.
