As if the moral implications and the threat of jail weren't enough, here is another reason not to rob people. This would-be bag grabber in Colombia...

Colombia's ambassador to the United Kingdom has paid tribute to Margaret Thatcher and thanked her for support during the notorious fight against drug ...

The Honduran ambassador to Colombia has been fired after a "wild" Christmas party involving alleged prostitutes and the theft of a number of computers...

You've heard of a Phoenix from the flames - well here's something far more spectacular. A new picture appears to show the moment a fiery giraffe bu...

To the west of the country, the Sierra de Perijá, a stretch of both mountains and plains, traces the conflictive border zone between Colombia and Venezuela. The region's inhabitants are, today, a mixture of indigenous groups, cattle farmers, both rich and humble, and the inevitable generational pool of all three.

Hooks, horns and hair-raising body art - it's all in a day's work for the participants at the third international tattoo convention in Medellin, Colom...

Meeting Mariana, who told me with great self-confidence that she wanted to be a doctor, I realised her care has to be continuous. I have to be there for her for the long haul, even after I'm gone.

Meet the real-life exorcist who claims to perform ten services a week. Brother Hermes, from Colombia, has been coming to the aid of those who belie...

Governments around the world have failed in their war on drugs and fuelled a pandemic in HIV, a leading think tank has said. The Global Commission ...

Yenly Méndez believes the PEZ model offers a viable alternative to the current development model in Colombia and is capable of drastically improving life for the country's rural poor.

The first ever satellite system to monitor deforestation across Latin America in near-real time has revealed that in parts of Colombia, tree-felling h...

A few days ago I wrote about the killing of Luis Carlos Galan, the 1980s Colombian presidential candidate. One character, Jorge Salcedo, emerged as being key to discovering the truth about Galan's killing. Remarkably, he has now written a piece for for CNN.com

In life, Colombia's 1989 presidential candidate, Luis Carlos Galan, was South America's version of JFK; charismatic, visionary, admired and fearless. More than 20 years after his murder the comparisons to JFK continue.