Colombia’s civil war is the United States war in the Western Hemisphere. Each year the US provides over a half billion dollars to the Colombian police and military, and trains thousands of Colombian ...

The killings last week of two labor leaders in Colombia underscore the need for the government to prosecute anti-union violence, Human Rights Watch said today. Jairo Giraldo, of the national ...

UNHCR welcomes this week's introduction in the Colombian Parliament of a draft law that would declare 2007 the Year for the Rights of Displaced People in Colombia. The initiative sends a strong ...

“It is very positive that President Petro is directly involving his office in addressing serious attacks against media professionals. This will allow the state to respond quickly to save lives and ...

“In a military operation by the Colombia military against Farc’s urban assets in Botoa, three people were caught red-handed with proofs of life for a group of Farc hostages,” he said. The tapes, which ...

In the cramped and dirty cells of La Picota prison in Bogotá, some of Colombia's most hardened criminals languish, existing on the barest amenities. The prison is notorious - the scene of bloody feuds ...