HISTORICAL FACTS: 134 - Caught on Camera

Venezuelan arrested for involvement in murder of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor

A Venezuelan man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the May murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor in Colombia, Venezuela's interior minister said on Thursday.

Reuters · Dec 22, 2022

Latin America's 'pink tide' may have hit its high-water mark

Dramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region's second "pink tide" in two decades.

Reuters · Dec 22, 2022

On this day in 2000: Juan Pablo Angel joins Aston Villa for club-record £9.5m

The Colombian scored over 60 goals in his six and a half years with the midlands club.

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022

Colombia lost 86,985 hectares of forest through Sept. 30 this year -report

Colombia has lost 86,985 hectares (214,944 acres) of Amazon jungle in the first nine months of the year while fires burned through swathes of felled areas, a local advocacy group said on Monday.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

Peru calls Colombian president's statements 'unacceptable interference' in domestic affairs

Peru's foreign ministry Monday called Colombian President Gustavo Petro's recent and repeated statements about the political crisis in Peru an "unacceptable interference" in its domestic affairs.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

Colombia ELN leftist guerrilla group declares Christmas ceasefire

Colombian leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) on Monday declared a nine-day unilateral ceasefire over the Christmas period, as part of a bid to support peace talks with the Andean country's government, which urged other illegal armed groups to follow suit.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

Explainer-What the world's nature-rich nations want out of a global conservation deal

Tangled expanses of Amazon rainforest, high mountains of the Himalayas, and cloud-shrouded forests are just some of the unique landscapes contained within the world's most nature-rich nations. And protecting these ecosystems, experts say, could help save the planet.

Reuters · Dec 17, 2022

Colombia revokes amnesty it granted to alleged IRA bomb-making trio

Men were pardoned in April 2020, but after reviewing evidence the court concluded they had not come clean about their trip

The Guardian - US · Dec 16, 2022

Colombian government calls on rebel group to suspend planned armed strike

Colombia's government on Wednesday called on the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group to suspend a so-called armed strike planned for the northwest of the country, after advocacy group Human Rights Watch warned the ELN may conduct a strike later this week.

Reuters · Dec 14, 2022

Colombia to receive $55 million for peace from UN multi-donor fund

A United Nations multi-donor fund will donate a record $55 million to help establish peace in Colombia in 2023, with programs focused on rural reform, protecting social leaders, and supporting conflict victims, officials and ambassadors said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Dec 14, 2022