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Copa América

Copa América: Rodriguez leads Colombia to win over Argentina

15-06-2019 22:59 This is the Colombians' first win over the Albiceleste since 2007. Argentina came closest to scoring with a close-range header by Messi that missed just wide in the 66th.

COLOMBIAN LEADER VISITS

Macri, flanked by Duque, says mass migration from Venezuela is unsustainable

10-06-2019 16:41 President Mauricio Macri said this afternoon that the current pace of the migratory exodus of Venezuelans from their crisis-stricken nation is unsustainable, as he and Colombian President Iván Duque criticised President Nicolás Maduro.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Colombia's Duque searching for trade, investment on trip to Argentina

10-06-2019 00:22 Colombian leader had dinner with President Macri on Sunday night after arriving in Buenos Aires. Monday's activities will be focused on trade and investment opportunities.

BLOOMBERG

'Staggering' Venezuelan exodus jumps to four million citizens

07-06-2019 14:02 Exodus from crisis-stricken nation has reached a “staggering” pace, climbing from 695,000 people in all of 2015 to over one million people since last November, watchdogs groups reveal in new report.

HANDOVER IN COLOMBIA

Duque takes power in Colombia – and a long list of challenges awaits

11-08-2018 10:58 President Mauricio Macri flies to Bogotá for swearing-in ceremony of new leader aligned with former head of state Álvaro Uribe.

FIFA WORLD CUP

England coach mined his own penalty shoot-out misery to change mindset

07-07-2018 08:07 "When something goes wrong in your life, it doesn’t finish you", Southgate said.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Dismayed Colombians weigh uneasy options in run-off

30-05-2018 12:24 The majority of centrist votes went to ex-Medellín mayor Sergio Fajardo, who has yet to endorse either candidate, and it remains to be seen where the largely urban, middle-class voters who flocked toward his campaign might gravitate.

ELECTION THIS SUNDAY

FARC deal crucial in Colombia presidential poll

26-05-2018 11:35 Colombia to vote in the first presidential ballot since the 2016 peace deal with the former guerrillas. Opinion polls put 41-year-old senator Ivan Duque as the favouirite, buoyed by support from hardline ex-president Álvaro Uribe.

KILLING AFTER RANSOM DEMAND

Argentine woman killed by suspected FARC rebels in Colombia

25-05-2018 16:30 An Argentine woman leading Israeli tourists on a tour of marijuana-producing areas of southwestern Colombia has been kidnapped and murdered by alleged FARC dissidents.

EDITORIAL

Editorial: A whole lot of voting going on

19-05-2018 09:05 there is a widespread feeling that while the citizen votes every four years, the markets vote evey day. Argentina’s recent experience would be a good example.

ATROCITIES BY AUC PARAMILITARY GROUP

Colombia exhumes remains of 9,000 victims of paramilitary violence

03-05-2018 15:03 Colombia has located and exhumed the bodies of 9,000 people killed by far-right paramilitary groups during the country's decades-long civil war, judicial officials said Wednesday.

ARRESTED IN COLOMBIA

Plot by Cuban jihadist to kill US diplomats halted

15-03-2018 14:17 Gutierrez is suspected of plotting to kill American diplomats in the name of the Islamic State.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

UN warns of catastrophe, as Venezuelan refugee claims surge close to 100,000

13-03-2018 16:47 Colombia urgently needs international help as it struggles with a humanitarian catastrophe along its border caused by a flood of Venezuelan migrants driven from their homes by hunger, a senior UN official has said. Nearly 100,000 Venezuelans have sought to claim refugee status since 2017, the UNHCR says.

Summit of the Americas 2018

Trump to attend Summit of the Americas meeting in Perú

13-03-2018 11:46 US presidents have attended all seven previous events, which often see plenty of political fireworks.

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS

Right-wing parties opposed to FARC peace deal lead Colombia vote

12-03-2018 14:36 Colombians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new Congress, and a resurgent right, bitterly opposed to a peace deal that allows leftist former rebels to participate, polled strongly.

COLOMBIA ELECTION

Colombia's former rebel leaders now battle for votes

09-03-2018 14:38 Ahead of Colombia's March 11 election, FARC looks to expand their congressional presence.

COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS

FARC withdraws Timochenko from Colombia's presidential race

08-03-2018 13:45 Iván Márquez, a Senate candidate and senior member of the political party formed by the former FARC rebels, told reporters that party members decided not to field a candidate after ex-FARC leader underwent emergency open-heart surgery on Wednesday.

Argentine pontiff visits Latin America

Pope heads to Colombia seeking to heal conflict's wounds

06-09-2017 20:22 Deeply symbolic five-day visit starts Wednesday, with Francis expected to press leaders to address social and economic disparities that have fuelled five decades of conflict.