Coca-killing herbicide ‘should be banned’

Colombia’s Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria has called on the government to protect communities affected by a herbicide called glyphosate On...

Step closer to legal euthanasia

Health Ministry decision paves the way for terminally ill adult patients to ‘die with dignity’ Colombia recently became the first Latin...

Uribe investigation demanded

[caption id="attachment_5833" align="aligncenter" width="570"] The Supreme Court has called for an investigation into former President Álvaro...

Rincón: ‘Panama has no evidence’

[caption id="attachment_5829" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Rincón in Bogota at peace match press conference. Photo: Jonathan...

Activists lament prison conditions

On Thursday April 23, nearly 30 activists gathered outside the Ministry of Justice in central Bogota to protest the “appalling conditions” in...

Thousands displaced in Choco

Violence forces roughly 2,000 indigenous and Afro-Colombians to flee their homes in the space of a month, UN report says Between March and April,...

Peace Process Latest:

FARC call on gov’t to begin peace talks with ELN The FARC rebels on Saturday May 2 called on the government to begin peace talks with Colombia’s...

Changing courts: Catalina Castaño, a new career

[caption id="attachment_5806" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Castaño honoured by the WTA at her goodbye in Bogota.[/caption] Last week Catalina...

Celebrate good times COME ON!

[gallery type="square" ids="5783,5782"] Oliver Pritchard looks at how to express happiness and celebrate I’m known among my friends for my...

Carry on Cali — KLM flies in with unusual route

[caption id="attachment_5756" align="aligncenter" width="960"] KLM has launched its new Amsterdam-Bogota-Cali route.[/caption] Dutch airline KLM...