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Nonetheless, efforts to amend the Colombian constitution to allow Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term continue, and the issue continues to cause some civil-but-intense debate in Colombia.

A hippopotamus that escaped three years ago from a zoo built by the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has been spotted living in the wild near the Magdalena river, according to a local magazine.

Actress Hilary Duff lights the The Empire State Building on May 14, 2009 in New York City.

Colombia on Monday confirmed two more deaths of A/H1N1 flu, bringing the country's death toll to four.

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and 40-year prison sentence of a Colombian drug kingpin.

Colombian bank, Banco Popular , is planning to sell $1.4 billion peso-denominated bonds, The Wall Street Journal reports.

An Ecuadorean judge ordered theA arrest of a former Colombian official involved in a 2008A bombing raid carried out in Ecuador, but Bogota refused toA recognize his jurisdiction, intensifying cross-borderA diplomatic tensions.

Colombia's biofuel industry is increasingly coming under scrutiny for human rights abuses.

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya said he was getting on a flight home to reclaim his post on Sunday, accompanied by the U.N. General Assembly president and a group of journalists.

COLOMBIA'S TOP STORIES: Interpol is deciding whether to honor a request by Ecuador to arrest former Colombia Defense MInister Juan Manuel Santos.

Seven members of the U.S. armed forces, including from left, Petty Officer First Class Sherwin Shane Shepherd, of Guyana, Sgt.

BOGOTA - Colombian pop star Shakira says after her latest album is born she plans to undertake a new labor: multiple children.

Soldiers ringed President Manuel Zelaya's modest home, spilled into the cul-de-sac and swarmed the neighborhood, blocking what little traffic there was in a posh corner of the Honduran capital so early on a Sunday morning.

COLOMBIA'S TOP STORIES: Colombia is in shock by the "King of Pop's" death, whose music has been enjoyed by many generations.

Colombian authorities have seized two tons of cocaine after chasing down a speedboat apparently bound for Central America, an official said.

U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams sentenced Eduardo Puentes, a/k/a "Carlos," a/k/a "The Colombian," age 43, of Rockville, Maryland, today to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to transport at least 100 women from New York and New Jersey to Maryland to employ them as prostitutes, announced United ...

MPs from all parties are calling for an end to all UK military aid to Colombia, citing murders and human rights abuses by the country's security forces.

Barranquilla in Colombia is the most important coastal city with a distinct characteristic: no rainwater drainage systems, so whenever it rains, the whole city floods with dangerous fast running rivers replacing roads.

A supporter of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya throws rocks at police during clashes near the presidential residency in Tegucigalpa, Monday June 29, 2009.

A year after Colombian military agents disguised as international aid workers helicoptered Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors to freedom, an offer by their former leftist rebel captors to unilaterally free two hostages is in limbo.