News: Colombia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Colombia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Colombia: news

Spanish tourists freed in Colombia

Saturday, June 15th 2013, 21:42
related countries: Spain

Two kidnapped Spanish tourists are rescued by police in Colombia, as two people suspected of trying to collect a ransom are held in Spain.
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Colombia peace talks resume in Cuba

Tuesday, June 11th 2013, 14:37
related countries: Cuba

Left-wing Farc rebels and representatives of the Colombian government resume peace talks in Cuba aimed at ending almost five decades of conflict.
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Colombia's graves with no name

Monday, June 10th 2013, 23:45

One man's struggle to give Colombia's victims a decent burial
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VIDEO: Meet Colombia's 'fisherman of the dead'

Monday, June 10th 2013, 23:16
related places: Bocas, Satinga

Since 2001 a former countryside ranger in the Colombian village of Bocas de Satinga has taken it upon himself to fish the bodies of people killed in fighting between left-wing guerrilla and right-wing paramilitaries out of the water as they float by
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Venezuela 'thwarts Colombian plot'

Monday, June 10th 2013, 21:46
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela's government says nine Colombian citizens with links to right-wing paramilitary groups were planning to kill President Nicolas Maduro.
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In pictures: Colombian prison island

Wednesday, June 5th 2013, 0:56

Nature reclaims island with a harsh prison past
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Farc denies threatening trade unions

Monday, June 3rd 2013, 9:43

Left-wing Farc rebels in Colombia deny issuing death threats against trade unionists and blame "right-wing forces" for the threats.
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Colombia says Maduro claims 'crazy'

Friday, May 31st 2013, 23:02
related countries: Venezuela

Colombia rejects as "crazy" allegations made earlier this week that it is trying to destabilise Venezuela, in the latest diplomatic row.
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Monaco sign Atletico striker Falcao

Friday, May 31st 2013, 17:52
related countries: Monaco, Spain

Monaco seal the signing of Atletico Madrid's prolific Colombia striker Radamel Falcao for a reported £50m.
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Monaco close in on striker Falcao

Thursday, May 30th 2013, 17:27
related countries: France, Monaco, Spain

Monaco's owner Vadim Vasilyev says the club are closing in on a deal for Atletico Madrid's Colombia striker Radamel Falcao.
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Venezuela and Colombia row erupts

Thursday, May 30th 2013, 7:12
related countries: Venezuela

A row erupts between Venezuela and Colombia after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos met Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles.
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Farc agrees Colombia land reform

Monday, May 27th 2013, 6:37

Colombia's government and Farc rebels say they have agreed on land reform, after months of talks on how to end five decades of conflict.
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Latam "gang of four" scrap tariffs

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 23:00
related countries: Chile, Peru

Four countries in Latin America - Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru - have agreed to scrap most of the tariffs on trade between their four countries.
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Farc deny kidnapping Spanish couple

Wednesday, May 22nd 2013, 19:15
related countries: Spain

The Colombian rebel group Farc denies taking part in the kidnapping of two Spanish tourists in the north-east of the country last Friday.
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Spanish couple kidnapped in Colombia

Tuesday, May 21st 2013, 22:46
related countries: Spain, Venezuela
related places: La Guajira

Two Spanish tourists are kidnapped in north-eastern Colombia while driving to a tourist attraction in La Guajira, near the Venezuelan border.
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Colombia's Farc want 'more time'

Sunday, May 19th 2013, 21:47

Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, denies it is moving too slowly to end five decades of conflict, six months after peace talks began.
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VIDEO: Would-be robber struck by bus

Saturday, May 18th 2013, 2:33
related places: Bogota

A would-be robber had a lucky escape after he was struck by a bus, moments after he snatched a woman's mobile phone in Bogota, Colombia.
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Costa Rican president in jet scandal

Friday, May 17th 2013, 12:50
related countries: Costa Rica

Revelations that Costa Rica's president used a jet belonging to a Colombian with alleged links to drug trafficking have led to three resignations.
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VIDEO: Meet Colombia's female bodyguards

Tuesday, May 14th 2013, 19:34

Women are now being recruited to Colombia's National Protection Unit as bodyguards - a role traditionally filled by men.
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Colombian fake nuns carried cocaine

Tuesday, May 7th 2013, 14:51
related places: San Andres

Police in Colombia arrest three women disguised as nuns allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into the tourist island of San Andres.
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VIDEO: 'Nuns' arrested for smuggling cocaine

Tuesday, May 7th 2013, 14:47
related places: San Andres

Police say they have arrested three women dressed as nuns who were trying to smuggle cocaine hidden under their habits through the Colombian island of San Andres.
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Uribe 'to take Maduro to court'

Sunday, May 5th 2013, 21:29
related countries: United States, Venezuela

Ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says he will take Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to a regional human rights body over murder accusations.
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Maduro alleges assassination plot

Saturday, May 4th 2013, 4:52
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses former Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe of plotting to assassinate him - a claim denied as "immature".
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Colombia's passion for pedalling

Friday, May 3rd 2013, 23:37

Giro team revives Colombia's passion for pedalling
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Colombia tops displaced people list

Monday, April 29th 2013, 14:00
related countries: Norway

Colombia is the country with the highest number of internally displaced people, according to a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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VIDEO: 'I was raised by monkeys', says woman

Monday, April 29th 2013, 12:51

Marina Chapman claims she was raised by a group of capuchin monkeys in Colombia.
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Man who raised hostage's son jailed

Thursday, April 25th 2013, 14:46

A Colombian peasant who raised the baby of a woman who gave birth while in rebel captivity has been sentenced to 33 years in jail for kidnapping.
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Colombia seizes drug lord's villas

Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 11:22

Properties and goods worth more than $25m (£16m) belonging to notorious Colombian drug lord Madman Barrera are seized in a police operation.
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Farc rebels 'could escape jail'

Saturday, April 13th 2013, 0:40

Colombia's attorney-general, Eduardo Montealegre, says Farc members could escape jail terms should a peace deal be struck.
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Colombians march to back peace talks

Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 17:34

Tens of thousands of Colombians in several Colombian cities march to support the current peace talks with left-wing rebels from the Farc.
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Colombian team off US blacklist

Wednesday, April 3rd 2013, 18:09
related countries: United States
related places: America, Cali

The US Treasury lifts its sanctions on Colombian football team America de Cali, saying it has cut its links to drugs cartels.
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