MiamiHerald.com: Colombia

Biden heads to the Caribbean, Latin America

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:51 EDT

Vice President Joe Biden embarks on a hemispheric tour to discuss a broad list of issues in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil

Costa Rica and Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:04 EDT

At the Pacific Alliance meeting in Colombia, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to join the bloc within months

In bloc-happy Latin America, the Pacific Alliance hopes to stand out

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:49 EDT

The four nations of the Pacific Alliance — Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru — are holding a summit in Colombia Thursday. Can the bloc turn into the regional juggernaut it aspires to be?

Colombia’s fight against coffee blight may show the way for stricken Central America

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:27 EDT

As coffee-leaf rust sweeps through Central America and Mexico, Colombian farmers are just beginning to emerge from their own battle with the blight. But will the lessons they’ve learned also be useful in Central America?

U.S. exports gain in first year of U.S.-Colombia trade pact

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:37 EDT

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement marked its first anniversary Wednesday.

Madre Laura named Colombia’s first saint

Sun, 12 May 2013 18:55 EDT

Laura Montoya dedicated her life working for Colombia’s indigenous groups and the marginalized. On Sunday, she was declared this Catholic nation’s first saint.

Colombia’s capital banks on marijuana cure for hard drug addicts

Tue, 07 May 2013 20:07 EDT

Hoping to wean people off bazuco, a crack-like drug, the city of Bogota will be experimenting with marijuana.

Colombian kingpin faces drug charges in Miami, New York after extradition

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:13 EDT

The accused drug kingpin, designated by the U.S. government as one of the “most significant” narco-traffickers in the world, is accused of producing and smuggling cocaine, and money-laundering.

IDB: Challenges ahead despite growth in Latin America, Caribbean

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:02 EDT

The Inter-American Development Bank concludes its 54th annual meeting with a call for more reforms to spur economic growth.

Even the young are caught up in Medellín gang wars

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:33 EDT

Two 11-year-old boys were hacked to death after they apparently unwittingly crossed rival gang boundaries.

Isla Presidencial: Venezuelan Internet spoof on presidents attracts serious fans

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:58 EST

‘Isla Presidencial,’ an Internet cartoon that pillories politicos, may be at a crossroads now that Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez is out of view.

“Cocaine godmother” Griselda Blanco gunned down in Colombia

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 23:01 EDT

Griselda Blanco was believed to have ordered dozens of vicious drug-related slayings in the 1970s and 80s, and was convicted of the murder of a 2-year-old in Miami.

Tensions linger between Colombia and Ecuador

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:19 EDT

Ecuador today will begin imposing stiff tariffs on hundreds of Colombian imports, the latest round in a festering dispute between the neighbors.

Ecuadoran town a hub for drug-running rebels, Colombia says

Wed, 20 May 2009 08:06 EDT

Authorities in neighboring Colombia contend that the Ecuadorean border town of Puerto Nuevo is the thriving nerve center for an elite Colombian rebel unit that helps keep a 44-year-old insurgency alive by trafficking cocaine through Ecuador's ports.

Colombian blogs use acid humor to reflect polarization

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:50 EDT

Whether they criticize President Uribe or his opponents, bloggers from Bogotá and other cities employ irreverent humor—borrowing from the British and Argentine traditions—to illustrate Colombia's political tensions. “Behind the liberty that their pseudonyms give them, (the bloggers) loosen the reins of their political passions," the weekly magazine Semana says.

A key to Colombia peace: Reintegrating ex-fighters

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:51 EDT

Programs that help former FARC rebels and paramilitary troops reenter society is seen as crucial to the nation's long-term peace. The U.S. is on board, checkbook in hand.

Colombian drugs behind Guinea-Bissau murders?

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:30 EST

The murder of the president and the Army chief on Monday raises questions about the nature of the instability in the African nation.

Mexican student visited other FARC camps (Spanish)

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:32 EST

El ex director de Inteligencia del Ejército ecuatoriano Mario Pazmiño confirmó hoy a Efe que informes y fotografías que señalaban la presencia de la estudiante mexicana Lucía Morett en varios campamentos de las FARC el año pasado están documentados en la Dirección de Inteligencia Militar.

Colombia is asked to probe slayings of Indians in Narino state

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:14 EST

Human rights groups Tuesday called on the Colombian government to investigate the disappearance and slayings of members of an indigenous community in southwestern Colombia.

Shine is off FARC rebel army

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:20 EST

Colombian military officials say the 20% increase in FARC desertions last year from the 2007 level is compelling evidence of their increasing battlefield dominance over the FARC, which the military has been fighting for more than 40 years.