Hurricane Julia: Nicaragua braces amid flash flood and mudslide warnings
Nicaraguan soldiers assist evacuations as up to 38cm of rain forecast across Central America after tropical storm strengthened into hurricane Hurricane Julia swept by just...
Category : Colombia
Colombia to restart peace talks with the country’s largest active guerrilla group
Start date for dialogue with the National Liberation Army will be announced after first week of November Colombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining guerrilla...
Colombia says 10 armed groups including Farc dissidents agree to ceasefire
Government says country ‘moving ahead’ with ceasefire as new leftist president Gustavo Petro promises ‘total peace’ At least 10 armed groups in Colombia, including the...
More than 1,700 environmental activists murdered in the past decade – report
Figures likely to be an underestimate, says Global Witness, as land defenders are killed by hitmen, crime groups and governments More than 1,700 murders of...
Harry Styles stadium show falls foul of football fans in Bogotá
Bid to move pop star’s Colombian tour date to capital’s biggest venue has united supporters of clubs who play there Rival Colombian football fans, more...
Colombian government and ELN rebels meet in Havana to restart peace talks
Government pledges ‘judicial and political steps’ to enable talks to resume with nation’s last guerrillas broken off three years ago Colombia’s new government and members...
Colombian narco militia seeks peace talks after calling ‘unilateral’ ceasefire
Feared Gulf Clan has unleashed terror campaign since arrest of leader in May but keen to talk to leftist president Gustavo Petro One of Colombia’s...
Colombia’s first leftist president says war on drugs has failed
At his swearing in Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla, says the country is getting a ‘second chance’ to tackle violence and poverty Colombia’s first leftist...
Rare hummingbird last seen in 2010 rediscovered in Colombia
Birdwatcher ‘overcome with emotion’ on spotting the Santa Marta sabrewing, only third time it has been documented A rare hummingbird has been rediscovered by a...
Colombia presidential election: leftist former guerilla and populist outsider head to runoff
Rivals Gustavo Petro will face Rodolfo Hernández on 19 June amid growing discontent over inequality and inflation Colombia’s election will go to a runoff between...
