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Colombia’s Cocaine Production Hits Record High: UN Report

Colombia, the world's biggest cocaine producer, set a new record last year for the manufacture of the drug and cultivation of the coca leaf...

Father of Rescued Colombian Children Faces Abuse Charges

The father of two Indigenous children who remarkably survived 40 days alone in the Amazon rainforest was charged Saturday with sexually abusing their older...

Rare Footage Shows Humpback Whale Calf Nursing in Colombia

In a remarkable display of nature's beauty, rare footage captured by the Macuaticos Foundation has revealed a trail of milk dispersing in the Pacific...

Documentary to be made about kids rescued in Amazon

The Colombian government is working with British producer Simon Chinn to make a documentary about the four Indigenous children who survived 40 days alone...

Colombia Wildlife: A Family’s Conservation Journey

Two newborn pumas and a convalescing porcupine share a room in the home of the Zapata family, which has renounced livestock farming to focus...

Against the Odds: Colombian Authorities Believe Missing Indigenous Children Are Alive

Colombian authorities believe that the four indigenous children missing for almost a month in the Amazon "are alive" and insist on searching for them,...

Rescue Operation Saves Two Endangered Pink Dolphins in Colombia

Two pink dolphins, an endangered species, were rescued from a tributary of the Meta river (east) where they were trapped due to the shallow...

Gustavo Petro sworn in as Colombia’s first leftist president

Gustavo Petro on Sunday took the oath of office as Colombia's first-ever leftist president, before a crowd of hundreds of thousands at his inauguration...

Gustavo Petro elected Colombia’s first leftist president

Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro was elected the first ever left-wing president of Colombia on Sunday, after beating millionaire businessman Rodolfo Hernandez in a tense and...

Colombian ‘Trump’ threatens leftist’s presidential ambitions

The surprise electoral surge of a man dubbed Colombia's Donald Trump could scupper the left's hopes of a historic takeover of the presidency in...
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Costa Rica Court Upholds Adults-Only Rule for LGBTIQ+ Pride March Closing Event

In a unanimous decision, Costa Rica’s Constitutional Chamber (Sala IV) has dismissed an appeal challenging the Ministry of Justice and Peace’s reclassification of the...

US Plans Funding for Costa Rica Migrant Deportations

The US State Department plans to allocate up to $7.85 million to assist Costa Rica in deporting migrants, drawing from a fund usually aimed...

Nicaragua’s Sandinista Commander Taken Into Custody

Sandinista commander Bayardo Arce, economic adviser to President Daniel Ortega, was jailed on Thursday after the government announced it was investigating him for corruption,...

El Salvador poised to allow Bukele unlimited re‑elections

The Salvadoran Congress, which is firmly in the ruling party’s hands, is set to debate constitutional changes that would let presidents run again and...