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Colombian singer Shakira performs during her 'Women Don't Cry Anymore' world tour in Mexico City

Entertainment

Shakira concerts give multimillion-dollar boost to Mexico

Shakira fans flocking to see the Colombian star in concert are generating tens of millions of dollars for Mexico.

AFPMarch 25, 2025

On Sunday, 38-year-old Yoko was flown to Brazil to finally join others of his kind at a sanctuary there

World

Colombia’s lonely chimp Yoko finds new home in Brazil

Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised by a drug lord before ending up in a Colombian zoo, Yoko the chimpanzee has...

AFPMarch 24, 2025

Gian Paolo Daguer is nicknamed Colombia's 'Lord of the Fruit' for his efforts to protect natural delicacies such as the lucuma from disappearing

World

Colombia’s ‘Lord of the Fruit’ fighting for native species

Bent over his cellphone on the terrace of his Bogota apartment, Colombia’s “Lord of the Fruit” describes the flavors, textures, and potential uses of...

AFPMarch 16, 2025

National Liberation Army ELN rebels of the Manuel Vazquez Castano northeastern war front stand guard at Catatumbo region, Colombia on March 8, 2025.

World

Colombia warns Trump against drug blacklisting

Colombia's defense minister on Sunday warned Trump's administration against blacklisting his country for failing to curb drug exports.

AFPMarch 16, 2025

World

Colombian guerrillas warn of ‘total war’ as peace plan falters

Commanders from Colombia’s National Liberation Army guerrilla group have vowed to repel a government counteroffensive in the country’s northeast, warning that years of “total...

AFPMarch 9, 2025

Security personnel taken captive by dissident members of the FARC rebel group wait for their transfer after being released in El Plateado, Cauca department, Colombia

World

Security forces taken hostage by Colombian guerillas released: AFP

Twenty-eight police officers and one soldier held hostage in southwest Colombia were released Saturday, according to an AFP team on the ground. Around noon...

AFPMarch 8, 2025

Coca crops seen in a mountain stronghold of the Central General Staff (EMC) rebels in southwest Colombia, who have taken 29 security force members captive

World

Colombian FARC dissidents take 29 soldiers, police captive

Dissident members of Colombia’s FARC rebel group have taken 29 soldiers and police officers captive during clashes with the military in a key cocaine-growing...

AFPMarch 7, 2025

Analysts say security has deteriorated significantly in Colombia under President Gustavo Petro's peace efforts, which has seen a relaxation in the state's military offensive against armed groups

World

Bomb attacks in Colombia injure six

Guerrilla fighters carried out four bomb attacks that wounded six people in northeast Colombia overnight, officials said Thursday, stoking concerns for a fragile peace...

AFPFebruary 20, 2025