On June 17th, 2002, history was made in Colombia after the country elected its first Afro-Colombian woman vice-president Francia Marquez. However, Marquez was not the only Black Colombian to reach one ...

The Colombian government said Thursday it will try to raise objects from the 1708 shipwreck of the galleon San Jose, which is believed to contain a cargo worth billions of dollars. The 315-year-old ...

People coming from the north settled South America. The first hunter-gatherers entered the continent from the region of what is Colombia today and then spread out from there. An international research ...

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Colombia and Venezuela are caught up in a diplomatic dispute that some are calling the "Cold War" of the Andes. Border killings and spying charges have fueled recent tensions between ...

The 40-year-old activist is credited with helping to mobilize young people who want to fight climate change, as well as attracting women and Black voters. Francia Marquez, Colombia’s vice ...

While the interior of Colombia draws visitors in droves thanks to its towering mountains and lush coffee farms, the nation’s Caribbean coast offers a truly fascinating destination in the form of ...

President Trump is rattling his saber against Colombian President Gustavo Petro to punish him for accusing the U.S. government of murdering Venezuelan fishermen. Trump has boasted of the killings by ...

(Reuters) - Colombia on Wednesday warned Venezuela not to brush aside last month's deaths of nine Colombians on the border as paramilitary gang violence, an incident that fueled tensions between the ...