War-zone tourism

John Otis - Colombia - November 8, 2009 09:45 ET

It's a national park “where the rainbow becomes a river.” And it's nearly empty.

Soccer team's murder leaves villagers scared

Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - November 4, 2009 06:55 ET

The murder of an amateur soccer team has heightened tensions between Colombia and Venezuela.

Colombia's rebel turncoats

John Otis - Colombia - October 29, 2009 07:12 ET

A government propaganda blitz urges FARC rebels to give up the fight. It seems to be working.

In the jungle with the Colombian army

John Otis - Colombia - October 29, 2009 07:06 ET

A reporter accompanies a Colombian army mission and observes why winning the war remains so difficult.

Angel, or FARC in disguise?

Nadja Drost - Colombia - October 10, 2009 11:49 ET

Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba evokes strong reactions from supporters and detractors alike.

Colombia's spy scandal

John Otis - Colombia - October 1, 2009 05:54 ET

The intelligence agency has been spying on Colombians — but most don't care if it means they're safer from guerrillas.

Putting a community, and its land, underwater

Nadja Drost - Colombia - September 23, 2009 06:05 ET

Peasants are angry about being pushed off their land for a hydroelectric project whose energy might not even go to Colombians.

Is South America in an arms race?

Nadja Drost - Colombia - September 20, 2009 06:27 ET

Major arms purchases stoke fears of flaring regional tensions on an increasingly militarized continent.

Essay: How to deal with kidnappings

John Otis - Worldview - September 18, 2009 06:02 ET

As the Taliban takes more high-profile hostages, there are lessons to be learned from Colombia's war with the FARC.

Digging up the dead

John Otis - Colombia - September 9, 2009 05:45 ET

Colombia is excavating its civil war dead for the first time — sometimes by going into active war zones.

A Colombian's quest

John Otis - Colombia - September 6, 2009 16:15 ET

Video: The father of a soldier held prisoner symbolically crucified himself to call attention to the plight of Colombia’s hostages.

Anti-Chavez and anti-Uribe protesters face off

Nadja Drost - Colombia - September 6, 2009 14:59 ET

Social networking organizes international protests against the Venezuelan president.

New waves of displacement

Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - September 4, 2009 15:18 ET

Colombia's offensive against armed groups has increased the flow of refugees across the Venezuela border.

Run off their land

John Otis - Colombia - September 4, 2009 05:49 ET

Farmers displaced by war and ignored by politicians are searching for a new life in Bogota's slums.

Bribery accusations in case against Chevron

John Otis - Colombia - September 2, 2009 11:32 ET

In case over Amazon cleanup, Chevron releases videotapes it says implicate the judge in a bribery scheme.

Return of the dictators?

John Otis - Colombia - September 2, 2009 08:14 ET

Colombia's Alvaro Uribe is the latest in a string of Latin American leaders to push for more time in office.

A new stage for drug deals and turf wars

Nadja Drost - The Americas - August 29, 2009 17:00 ET

Panama, once one of Latin America's safest countries, is now home to gangs and drug violence.

A jailed teacher and a prison library

Nadja Drost - Colombia - August 25, 2009 09:19 ET

Colombia's penitentiaries are increasingly filled with political prisoners accused of belonging to insurgent groups.

Cockfighting: cruelty or culture?

John Otis - Colombia - August 21, 2009 12:37 ET

Organized crime and the state

The Center for International Policy, Host of the "Plan Colombia and Beyond" blog - Colombia - November 19, 2009 10:01 ET

Luis Jorge Garay. (Photo source and article text) The Colombian newsweekly Semana published this interview Sunday, translated below, with outspoken Colombian economist Luis Jorge Garay....