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Colombia to review a UN treaty banning anti-personnel mines, which killed more than 5000 people in 2008 alone. The summit in Cartagena is the second conference reviewing the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, which came into force in March 1999 after pressure...

The comments by Hugo Chavez at the weekend were prompted by the presence of US troops gaining access to Colombian military bases. Colombia has responded by saying it will protest to the UN security council and the Organisation of American...

The soldiers stopped the guerrillas from capturing the town of Corintio, in Cauca department, he added. The Colombian news media said that some 30 guerrillas were killed when a force of 200 rebels tried to take over the town. Corintio...

The announcement was made Tuesday by Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Fander Falconi and his Colombian counterpart, Jaime Bermudez. Ecuador's foreign minister told journalists that we have “agreed to name our respective charges d'affaires before November 15."

The Colombian government said it would appeal to international bodies over what it called a threat made over the weekend by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. On his weekly Sunday television show, Chavez ordered the Venezuelan military to begin preparations for...

Translator's note: This editorial, published in the Colombian-based daily El Espectador, was written in response to comments made by Gil Kerlikowske, Obama's new "Drug Czar," prior to Kerlikowske's recent three-day visit to the South American country.

The US Treasury Department, under an executive order, froze the assets of 14 individuals and 25 companies spanning across three countries — Colombia, Spain and the Netherlands — which have allegedly supported the drug-trafficking network by concealing assets of cartel...

In an exclusive interview, his son tells Uki Goñi why he had to seek reconciliation with the children of Pablo's victims Juan Escobar was a teenager when he first challenged his father, the most notorious and brutal drug lord in...

Severe shortages of electricity and water pose a growing risk to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Bolivarian revolution that is powered largely by the country's petroleum revenues. Venezuela is sensitive to any suggestion that the shortages pose a risk...

Chairwoman Linda Mauger, noting that the bus service "kept in sight what industry standards are." Fields Avenue facility north of the Ohio State Fairgrounds shows that the fare increase is "not causing the public a lot of problems," said board...