Colombia

Considered impossible to film – by even Gabriel García Márquez himself – the series brings the mythical Macondo to lifeWith its generational narrative of love, betrayal and intrigue, and an epic backdrop of civil war and fantastical goings-on, One Hundred Years of Solitude was long considered to be an impossible novel to adapt to the screen.The […]

Officials also say 180 children have been abandoned crossing treacherous jungle from ColombiaFifty-five US-bound migrants have died and 180 children have been abandoned this year while crossing the treacherous Darién jungle from Colombia, according to Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino.Despite dangers including fast-flowing rivers, wild animals and […]

A Bogota judge jailed the former councillor on regional issues of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro over her alleged involvement in a corruption scandal at the disaster management unit UNGRD. The… The post Former top Petro aide jailed amid corruption probe appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

By rejecting traditional grazing and maintaining trees and wildlife habitats alongside pasture, farmers are turning their land carbon positive. But will it be enough?On a humid dawn in Colombia’s livestock capital, Michael Robbin rides across one of his farm’s pastures, where tall green stalks brush his horse’s belly. When he bought the land outside […]

Colombia’s Congress sunk the government’s budget finance bill, which sought to close a $2.8 billion budget gap. The congressional economy commissions voted to discard the bill weeks after voting against… The post Colombia’s congress sinks Petro’s budget finance bill appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

United States authorities will repatriate former Medellin Cartel boss Fabio Ochoa on December 12, according to Colombia’s police chief. In a press statement, General William Salamanca confirmed that the 67-year-old… The post Former Medellin Cartel boss te return to Colombia on December 12 appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

Colombia’s police raided 11 prisons in eight cities in an attempt to shut down inmates’ involvement in extortion. The commander of the National Police, General William Salamanca, led the operation… The post Colombia’s police raid 11 prisons in attempt to curb extortion appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

Operation Orion, a cooperative operation between 62 countries, finds some of the record haul on a new drug route being used by a ‘narco submarine’Colombian authorities working with dozens of other countries have seized 225 tonnes of cocaine in the space of six weeks, a global record for any single anti-narcotics operation, finding some of that haul on a […]

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that his government will impose visa requirements on British citizens in response to tightened visa requirements imposed by the United Kingdom. In a message… The post Colombia to impose visas requirements on British citizens appeared first on Colombia News | Colombia Reports.

The brutal petrol trade between Venezuela and Colombia in 2012 is the backdrop to Andrés Baiz’s starry if slow-paced tale of brothers navigating the futureIt’s called the “caravan of death” – cars speeding, Mad Max-style, across the desert on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, loaded up with jerry cans of petrol. Colombian film-maker […]

Air mass from Azores results in new world record for warmest November night above 60° latitudeRecord-breaking warmth was observed in Iceland on Monday night as temperatures reached 22.9C at a site on the Ólafsfjarðarvegur Road near Sauðanes in the far north.Other weather stations in the region recorded temperatures in the high teens and low 20s celsius, […]

Country closes 137-year legal loophole, becoming one of 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean to entirely ban marriage for minorsColombian lawmakers have approved a bill to eradicate child marriage in the South American country after 17 years of campaigning by advocacy groups and eight failed attempts to push legislation through the house and senate.After […]

Account of the search for the young siblings after their plane crashed and how the eldest, Lesly – just 13 years old and injured – kept them alive for 40 daysIn the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel dropped pebbles and breadcrumbs. Last year, a real-life sibling group, lost in the Colombian rainforest, left a trail behind them as they wandered missing for 40 […]

Questions raised over influence after 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for biodiversity summit in ColombiaRecord numbers of business representatives and lobbyists had access to the UN’s latest biodiversity talks, analysis shows.In total 1,261 business and industry delegates registered for Cop16 in Cali, Colombia, which ended in disarray […]

Warming climate has caused rivers used for transport to dry up, leaving children with little food, water or school access, says UnicefTwo years of severe drought in the Amazon rainforest have left nearly half a million children facing shortages of water and food or limited access to school, according to a UN report.Scant rainfall and extreme heat driven by […]