‘Very afraid’: Colombian human rights lawyer loses security after winning prize
Adil Meléndez Márquez received call from bodyguards 20 minutes after Sir Henry Brooke award from Alliance for Lawyers at Risk “I’m very afraid,” says Colombian...
Category : Colombia
Colombia: at least 34 killed after mudslide hits busy road
Dozens of people also injured after mudslide in mountainous area on road connecting major cities The death toll from a mudslide in western Colombia has...
Ecuador ‘at war’ with drug gangs, says president as violence continues
Daniel Noboa designates nearly two dozen gangs as terrorist groups after wave of violence across country Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, said on Wednesday that his...
Record half million people crossed the treacherous Darién Gap in 2023
Jungle between Colombia and Panama marks the start of the dangerous trek north from South America to the United States A record 520,000 people crossed...
Nearly 21ft bronze statue of Shakira unveiled in her home town in Colombia
In social media posts, the singer thanked the sculptor Yino Márquez and his students for their ‘enormous artistic talent’ Shakira has been transformed into a...
Two Guinean children abandoned in Bogotá airport as migrant routes shift
Migration through the treacherous Darién gap is slowing as less restrictive air routes open up between South and Central America Two children from the west...
Colombia looks to recover billions in treasure from ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’
But critics say the raising of the San José, sunk in battle with British ships in 1708, might damage the country’s cultural heritage The Colombian...
Two children abandoned for days in Colombian airport as migrant Africans change routes to US
Migration through the treacherous Darién gap is slowing as less restrictive air routes open up between South and Central America Two children from the west...
Plant fossils turn out to be turtles in ‘unusual misidentification’
Re-examination finds what were taken to be veins of leaves are actually bone growth patterns Two small, oval fossils thought to be prehistoric plants are...
Rapists and kidnappers increasingly targeting migrants crossing Darién Gap
As record numbers make the perilous journey between Colombia and Panama, Médecins Sans Frontières is treating far more survivors of sexual violence, including children Armed...
