YOU WONT BELIEVE: 36 | Mind Blowing Facts

Colombian prosecutor's office opens investigation into former cycling great Lucho Herrera and brother Rafael over longstanding missing persons case

1987 Vuelta a España winner who paved way for country's racers in 1980s insisted last year he was free of any wrongdoing

Cycling News · Jan 29

As Colombia moves to outlaw cockfighting, a bloody night unfolds in Cartagena

Cheers erupt at each killing blow in an arena facing extinction after a landmark court ruling

The Guardian - US · Jan 29

Small plane crashes in Colombia, killing 15, including congressman

The plane was flying from the airport in Cúcuta to Ocaña, a municipality surrounded by mountains, but lost communication with traffic control shortly after takeoff.

Euronews · Jan 29

Ex-Olympic snowboarder accused in drug smuggling ring heads to court

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned top FBI fugitive is expected to appear in federal court on charges related to allegedly running a billion-dollar multinational drug trafficking ring and orchestrating multiple killings

The Independent UK · Jan 26

They survived conquistadors and settlers. Now the Arhuaco are facing an even greater threat

Colombia’s Sierra Nevada has become a strategic prize for drug traffickers and paramilitaries, leaving its Indigenous people threatened with ‘physical and cultural extinction’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24

Trump’s Plan for Venezuelan Oil Raises Prospects of Paramilitary Violence

Latin America has lots of experience with private military contractors protecting foreign companies in lawless conflict zones. It seldom goes well.

Texas Observer · Jan 23

‘Walking in the Lake District drizzle rewired my head’: readers’ life-changing trips

From the jungles of Colombia to sailing in Croatia, our readers reflect on the life lessons travel has taught them

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23

5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

LiveScience · Jan 22

US sanctions Costa Rican drug network, including an aesthetic salon, for trafficking cocaine

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities for allegedly transporting cocaine from Colombia

The Independent UK · Jan 22

Colombia imposes tariffs and halts energy sales to Ecuador as trade feud escalates

Colombia has announced a 30% tax on certain Ecuadorian products and says it will suspend energy sales to Ecuador

The Independent UK · Jan 22