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From Chile to Colombia to Mexico, Latin America has been battered recently by wildfires, floods and droughts.
The 15-year-old U.S. citizen who was mistakenly deported to Colombia after claiming to be an illegal immigrant is returning to the United States, Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said Friday.
Colombia's president approved details of a plan Tuesday to pay compensation to an estimated 4 million victims of the country's long-running civil conflict.
Famed Colombian singer Joe Arroyo, composer of such salsa classics as "La Rebelion" and "Echao pa'lante" and "Tania," died Tuesday after a monthlong hospitalization. He was 55.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spurned a U.S. request to extradite an alleged cocaine kingpin from Venezuela, saying Tuesday that the suspect will be sent back to face charges in his home country.
Colombian officials said Tuesday they are investigating the government office that manages assets seized from drug gangs over the last two decades, saying there are suspicions some of the assets are missing.
A prominent Venezuelan drug trafficking suspect who has been branded a major kingpin by the U.S. government was arrested in Colombia, police said Friday.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday protested the arrests of eight Colombians on spying accusations in Venezuela, saying his government is concerned about their treatment.
Authorities released "proof-of-life" videos Monday showing 10 soldiers and police officers held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, for more than a decade.
Colombian authorities extradited to the United States on Thursday a rebel "jailer" captured in last year's storybook rescue of three U.S. military contractors and ex-presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.
Colombian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a proposal for voters to decide in a referendum whether to change the constitution and let President Alvaro Uribe seek a third term.
Colombia's defense minister resigned on Monday, saying he will launch a presidential bid if current President Alvaro Uribe decides not to seek a third term.
Colombia's main leftist rebel group plans a hostage release on Sunday, its first in nearly a year, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday.
Colombia's peace commissioner said Tuesday the government is just waiting for FARC guerrillas to name the place for the release of six hostages.
Colombia's director of domestic intelligence resigned Thursday after her agency was caught spying on a prominent political opponent of President Alvaro Uribe.
A judge on Wednesday gave a 54-year prison term to a cashiered army lieutenant colonel who was convicted of ordering the massacre of 10 elite anti-drug police in an ambush on a lonely country road.
France's foreign minister and President Alvaro Uribe on Monday sought to advance efforts to free hostages held by Colombia's leftist rebels.
A cashiered army lieutenant colonel and 14 soldiers were convicted Monday of murdering 10 elite counternarcotics police agents in an ambush that showed how deeply drug corruption threatens Colombia's security forces.
The army has captured a senior commander of Colombia's second largest rebel group, the government said Tuesday, calling it a major blow to the guerrillas that could push them closer to a peace deal.
Colombia's police chief said Thursday that his forces have foiled an alleged plot to kidnap President Alvaro Uribe's two adult children after monitoring the cell phone calls of jailed guerrillas.
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