One Hundred Years of Solitude is a story that can be read over and over, in the same way that children watch again and again their favorite cartoon. It is a story impossible to forget, written in wonderful poetic prose, full of metaphors and symbolism.

Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, famed Colombian journalist, novelist, short story writer and screenwriter Gabriel Garcia Marquez has passed away at the age of 87 in his Mexico City home.

Bogot - A rash of acid attacks in recent weeks have horrified Colombians, provoking calls for special laws to deter a particularly fearsome form of aggression in an already violent society.

Bogot - At Bogota's San Ignacio hospital, Cesar Algeciras often spends five hours straight in the neonatal intensive care unit, lovingly clutching his premature son to his bare chest.

El Salvador - Angela Ruales was just 14 when she stepped on a landmine in Colombia last year that tore off her legs and claimed the life of her two-month-old niece.

Bogot - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, campaigning for a second term, is basing his bid on his confidence he will conclude a peace deal to end Latin America's oldest leftist insurgency.Perhaps fittingly, the first round presidential vote, set for May ...

Bogot - Colombian voters showed lukewarm support for peace talks with guerrillas Sunday by giving President Juan Manuel Santos a majority in Congress but also electing his conservative rival, ex-president Alvaro Uribe, to the senate.Santos, who took office in ...

Bogot - Colombians went to the polls on Sunday to elect new legislators, in a vote seen as a referendum on peace talks with leftist guerrillas and a bellwether for May's presidential election.The voting, which got under way at 1300 GMT, comes with the governme...

Bogot - Colombians head to the polls Sunday to elect new legislators in a vote seen as a referendum on peace talks with leftist guerrillas and a bellwether for May's presidential election.Peace talks that President Jose Manuel Santos has held with the Marxist ...

Bogot - Colombia holds legislative elections Sunday that are seen as a referendum on peace talks with FARC leftist guerrillas and a trial run for a presidential vote in May.Since they opened in late 2012 in Cuba, the talks that President Jose Manuel Santos has...

Cali - Great Britain retained their women's team pursuit world crown Thursday, rallying to vanquish Canada to claim Britain's first gold of the 2014 track cycling World Championships.Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell -- members of the team that won Olympic gold ...

Bogot - Colombian prosecutors Monday opened an investigation after President Juan Manuel Santos said more than 1,000 of his personal emails had been hacked, as spying allegations mar peace talks with the FARC rebels.Santos claimed unknown parties were trying t...

Bogot - Two oil sector workers have been freed in northeast Colombia, a day after they were kidnapped at gunpoint, authorities said Tuesday.

At age 14 Bruce Olson asked himself, "Who is my God?" Feeling lost, his desire to know God led Olson to read his Bible. There he found the answer, "If you will believe in your heart that God raised Him (Christ) from the dead, you will be saved."

Bogot - Colombian authorities have arrested a fugitive priest convicted of links to criminal gangs, an official said Saturday.Oscar Ortiz was sentenced in absentia to 19 years in prison for ties to right-wing militias and drug traffickers in Medellin.

Cartagena - Dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said she plans to launch a digital newspaper in her homeland later this year, hoping it will strike a blow for press freedom on the Communist island.

Barranquilla - A fire at a Colombian prison killed at least 10 inmates and injured more than three dozen, prison officials said on Tuesday.The blaze broke out late Monday at a prison in the northern city of Barranquilla, authorities said.

Bogot - In the latest sign of division amongst Colombia's FARC rebels as peace talks continue, the group's leadership made a rare condemnation of an attack by some of its own guerrillas.

Ibarra - A Catholic priest was arrested in Ecuador on suspicion of being part of a criminal organization that was sending drugs to Europe and the United States. Narcotics police officers seized 74 kilos of cocaine.

Bogot - At least nine Marxist FARC rebels were killed in a clash with Colombia's military even as peace talks are held between the two sides in Cuba, the army said.The military operation took place in the northern town of Tame, near the border with Venezuela.