A crew member who is one of just six survivors from the Colombian plane crash said he’s only alive because he curled up like a baby in the moments before the aircraft slammed to the ground. Erwin Tumiri described the harrowing last few minutes of the fateful LaMia Flight 2933 as it plummeted thousands of feet. “I...
Colombians are celebrating the signing of a ceasefire by the government and the Farc rebel movement, which ended 50 years of civil war. In the capital, Bogota, people took to the streets, hugging each other and singing the national anthem. The announcement is seen as one of the last steps before a full peace deal is signed,...
Colombia has announced it is starting formal peace talks with the country's second largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). Government and ELN negotiators made the announcement in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, where the two sides have been holding informal talks. The two sides have been engaged in a...
Colombian authorities are investigating the disappearance and dismemberment of at least 100 people whose bodies were allegedly thrown into a sewer system underneath a notorious prison in Bogota. The investigation is focusing on La Modelo, one of Colombia's largest and most overpopulated prisons. But officials say the...
American aid was crucial in helping Colombia defeat a decades-long insurgency. The question is what the US should do now. After 15 years and $10 billion, the United States aid program known as Plan Colombia has helped put the country on the verge of peace for the first time in more than half a century. The Colombian government...