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The White House hosted President Juan Manuel Santos in the midst of his negotiations with Colombia's leading rebel group ...

m running because I'm convinced we have advanced sufficiently and finally it is possible to reach that future of prosperity and peace all Colombians deserve," Santos, 62, said in a televised address to the nation. "I'm doing it because when you can see the light at the end of the tunnel you don...

s most irreplaceable nature reserve, according to a landmark analysis of every protected area on the planet. The spectacular creatures that shelter in the cloud forest of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta national park , including the critically endangered harlequin frog and the vivid Santa Marta parakeet, are the most important concentration of threatened mammals, birds and amphibians on Earth. Their...

s top 20 markets. However, as a region, Latin America ranks second in terms of annual online retail sales growth, averaging 20% in the five year period 2007 to 2012 – more than double that of North America and behind only Asia Pacific (25%). And two Latin American countries are near the top of Cushman & Wakefield's list of the fastest-growing markets for online retail sales: Mexico (4th) and Colombia...

Negotiators of Colombia’s government and largest rebel group FARC said Saturday they have ended another round in peace talks aimed at ending the country’s half-a-century armed conflict. In a joint  Full Article » The post FARC and government peace delegations take break after 12th round of talks appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

Teofilo Gutierrez’s much-anticipated move to River Plate has been the subject of ongoing controversy since his arrival in Buenos Aires last week. MORE: Colombia’s Teofilo Gutierrez arrives in Buenos Aires The  Full Article » The post Teofilo Gutierrez’ River Plate contract in doubt appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

As part of the celebrations for the indigenous peoples’ international day on Friday, President Juan Manuel Santos thanked the indigenous peoples of Colombia and the world for the work they have  Full Article » The post Santos thanks Colombia’s indigenous peoples for creating better society appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

The Colombian electoral authorities said on Friday that they will consider looking into the problems regarding voting thresholds. Media sources reported Monday that in order to retain their legal status,  Full Article » The post Colombia’s electoral court to address threshold for political parties appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

Police in western Colombia were accused on Friday of covering up the murder of the cousin of one of the country’s most prominent opposition congressmen. The accusation was made by  Full Article » The post Colombia police accused of covering up murder of congressman’s cousin appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

Christian aid Colombia on Friday accused the Colombian air force of spraying harmful pesticides “indiscriminatly” over north west Colombia, in an effort to eradicate coca crops. According to reports from  Full Article » The post Colombia’s air force sprays indigenous land with pesticides ‘indiscriminately’ : Christian Aid Colombia appeared first on Colombia...

The Colombian Justice Ministry on Thursday allocated four rural estates seized by the government from prominent criminal organizations to families forcibly removed from their lands. In an unprecedented ruling, the  Full Article » The post Colombia Justice Ministry rules that land seized from criminal organisations be used to compenstate victims appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports...

It’s a bit early in the season for high-stake match-ups and complicated point calculus, but never too early for good soccer: here’s the Week 3 Preview of Colombia’s top league.  Full Article » The post Colombia soccer league preview – Week 3 appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol and the National University in Medellin have invested $740,000 in NASA-grounded oceanographic technology research development for off-shore hydrocarbon exploration in the Carbibean. Ecopetrol, together with  Full Article » The post Ecopetrol money, NASA satellites aim for better exploration of Caribbean appeared first on Colombia News Colombia...

President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday confirmed that the government seek peace talks with rebel group ELN, reported Semana. The publication cite an interview with television channel Caracol, in which  Full Article » The post Santos seeks peace talks with the ELN appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

The Supreme Court have upheld a judgement regarding a former mayor who diverted public funds to a paramilitary group, reported Elespectador on Thursday. Matias Oliveros del Villar, formerly Mayor of  Full Article » The post Colombia’s Supreme Court uphold judgment linking forming mayor to paramilitaries appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .        ...

The family of a Colombian teenager who died after he was shot by police with a stun gun, called for an independent inquiry into his death, reported the BBC on  Full Article » The post Colombia teenager killed in Florida after stun gun shot appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

The murder of a cattle rancher and the appearance of leaflets threatening extortion, have left farmers in north west Colombia fearing for their lives, reported El Tiempo on Thursday. According  Full Article » The post Farmers fear for their lives in North West Colombia appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday that he is seeking clarification from the US government as to whether intelligence gathering operations in Colombia overstepped the countries joint operations against drug  Full Article » The post Colombia president seeks US clarifications over NSA spying scheme appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

While the summer festival continues in Bogota, organizers and attendees can all delight in the fact that a new world record has been set in Colombia’s capital. While the record  Full Article » The post Bogota sets new world record for Rumba session appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...

Land used for coca cultivation in Colombia fell 25% in 2012, according to a report released by the UN on Thursday. The report confirms figures released by El Tiempo in  Full Article » The post UN confirms 25% drop in area used for coca cultivation in Colombia appeared first on Colombia News Colombia Reports .         ...