Colombia

Shakira pays 20 mn euros to Spain taxman: report

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Superstar Shakira has handed over more than 20 million euros ($24.6 million) to tax authorities in…

US, Mexico play up increased security cooperation

by Dave Clark / Joshua Howat Berger Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson insisted Friday the…

Colombia tensions rise with 3 rebels killed in military bombing

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Tensions between Colombia's government and a hold-out rebel group, the ELN, rose Thursday when officials said…

Shakira cancels tour; hopes for June return

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Colombian pop star Shakira on Wednesday cancelled the remainder of her world tour because…

Ousted Caracas mayor flees house arrest, heads to Madrid

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) --  Fugitive Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma, a key opponent of President Nicolas Maduro, traveled to Madrid on Friday after…

Santos condemns killing of indigenous leader

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) - Visiting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday condemned the killing of an indigenous leader last week by…

Fighting to farming: New life for Colombia’s ex-rebels

by Raul Arboleda © Agence France-Presse La Montañita, Colombia (AFP) -- Felix Salcedo lost an arm fighting during Colombia's half-century civil war…

Beyonce sings Spanish in hurricane relief remix

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Beyonce has returned to music to raise money for hurricane relief, delivering verses in…

Colombia declares conflict with FARC over with disarmament complete

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos declared the country's 50-year conflict with the FARC guerrilla group "truly over" Tuesday,…

US VP Pence stresses ‘peaceable’ solution for Venezuela

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- The United States "will not stand by as Venezuela crumbles," Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday, but he emphasized…

Colombia’s rebel leader released from hospital after mild stroke

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) - The leader of the rebel group Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) was released Tuesday from a hospital…

Three dead, 30 missing in Colombia tourist boat wreck: police

BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- At least three people were dead and 30 were missing after a boat carrying some 150…

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