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A summit in the steamy jungle city of Manaus to set Amazon priorities on climate change is fizzling after the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela bailed out.

Previous Next Young female students of the Guambiano community school wearing the traditional dress attending the HIV prevention session by Colombian Red Cross volunteers.

The 3rd China-Latin America Business Summit was inaugurated Wednesday in Bogota, with over 700 entrepreneurs from China and Latin America participating in the two-day meeting.

A Colombian court has convicted a retired army general of murder and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for his role in a notorious 1997 massacre by far-right militias.

The Bolivia's representation was unilaterally separated by Colombia's from the Andean Parliament , headquartered in Bogota, Bolivian congressman Gaston Cornejo denounced.

HEADLINES: The Norweigan Health Institute says the A virus is mutating and may make all vaccines ineffective.

Quito, The authorized presence of US military forces in seven bases of the Colombian territory is hanging like a Damocles Spade over Latin American and Caribbean countries'' security and sovereignty.

The third Latin America-China Entrepreneurs Summit will facilitate the discussions on post-crisis ties between China, the Asia-Pacific region, and Latin America and the Caribbean, an official with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said on Monday.

Luis Angel Ortiz was being driven to a party in Medellin when the car came to a halt and a man in the back seat put a gun to his head.

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After bridge explosions, Venezuela's Hugo ChA vez and Colombia's Alvaro Uribe agree on one thing: current conflict won't be resolved without outside mediation.

President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign invasion.

BOGOTA: A volcanic eruption has eased enough to allow a local airport to open, but thousands of people are staying clear of Colombia's most active volcano as more activity is feared, authorities warned on Sunday.

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From the Caribbean to Brazil, political opposition to US plans for 'full-spectrum operations' is escalating rapidly US air force officers and Congressmen tour the Palanquero base in Puerto Salgar, Colombia, in August.

Venezuelan authorities have captured a former Colombian official wanted for collaborating with outlawed right-wing paramilitary fighters.

A thousand people were evacuated and traffic was stopped after the Galeras volcano erupted in southern Colombia without causing casualties, officials said Saturday.

HEADLINES: Once again, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez verbally attacks President Alvaro Uribe and Colombia's Chancellor Jaime Bermudez.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries next week to forge a common stand ahead of next month's key climate talks, officials said Friday.

On Friday, October 30, U.S. and Colombian officials signed the controversial Defense Cooperation Agreement , granting the U.S. armed forces access to seven Colombian military bases for the next ten years.