Colombia Travel News

Relations between the two countries have been badly strained by Colombia's agreement to allow US troops onto its soil to combat drug trafficking. The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) meeting in Ecuador was intended to defuse the row. But...

Jaime Humberto Uscategui's sentence is the longest ever for an army officer in Colombia. The court was told the general had knowingly let far-right paramilitary death squads use his army base. Some 50 unarmed peasants were killed by the militia...

Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite the neighboring country's aggressive rhetoric and its dynamiting of two cross-border pedestrian bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on Friday. "We will not be provoked. The insults bounce off us,"...

Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters. Magally Moreno, 39, is wanted by Colombian authorities on charges of aggravated homicide and Interpol had called for her arrest, Justice...

Four soldiers from Venezuela's National Guard captured in Colombian territory will be repatriated in a bid to ease tensions between the South American neighbors, President Alvaro Uribe's government said Saturday. The Colombian navy intercepted the men Friday in El Aceitico...

Colombia is rushing to boost sales to North America,  now that political disputes with Venezuela have slashed hefty trade with its South American neighbor. The largest Colombian export mission ever to the United States is in Miami this week for...