Colombia ex-president refutes Odebrecht finance accusations
December 11, 2019 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos refuted accusations Wednesday that money from corruption-tarnished Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht made its way into his 2014 presidential re-election campaign...
Gaviria rekindles Colombian glory at Tour de France debut
July 7, 2018 GMTFONTENAY-LE-COMTE, France (AP) — Colombia, the land of climbers, finally has a cyclist back in the yellow jersey at the Tour de France...
Doubts loom over Colombia peace deal with hawk’s election
June 18, 2018 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Uncertainty loomed over Colombia's fragile peace deal on Monday with the victory of one of its most hawkish critics in a bruising presidential runoff that laid bare deep divisions in the South American nation as it emerges from decades of bloody conflict...
A glance at Colombia’s presidential election
May 27, 2018 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's presidential election on May 27 is the first since the government signed a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia leading to the disarmament of some 7,000 fighters...
Colombia becomes NATO partner in Latin America
May 26, 2018 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia will become NATO's first partner in Latin America in recognition of the country's battle-tested military...
Ecuador’s president confirms journalists killed along border
April 14, 2018 GMTQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno on Friday confirmed that three press workers kidnapped along the conflictive border with Colombia had been killed, opening the door to a military strike against their captors...
Colombia withdraws negotiator in setback for peace talks
January 10, 2018 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said new rebel attacks Wednesday have prompted him to recall his chief negotiator to peace talks with the country's last remaining insurgent group in a setback for efforts to end a half-century of political violence in the South American nation...
Ex-rebel commander Timochenko to run for Colombia presidency
November 1, 2017 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's demobilized guerilla movement nominated Rodrigo Londono on Wednesday to run for president in the South American nation's election next year, keeping the former top commander at the helm of the rebels' nascent political party...
UN: Production of coca leaf surges in Colombia
July 14, 2017 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A new United Nations report shows that coca production in Colombia has surged to levels not seen in two decades, complicating the South American country's efforts to make its vast, lawless countryside more secure following a peace deal with leftist rebels...
Colombia takes big step to peace as rebels lay down guns
June 27, 2017 GMTMESETAS, Colombia (AP) — Colombia reached a major milestone on its road to peace Tuesday as leftist rebels relinquished some of their last weapons and declared an end to their half-century insurgency...
UN: Colombia disarmament process for individual arms ends
June 27, 2017 GMTMESETAS, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's leftist rebels and the government...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump claims on Russia probe aren’t adding up
May 20, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Some things aren't adding up in President Donald Trump's account of the investigation into his campaign's relationship with Russians, an inquiry he says "I respect" yet considers a "witch hunt...
Trump says he’s ‘very close’ to naming a new FBI director
May 19, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is "very close" to naming a new FBI director to replace the one he fired more than a week ago and that former Connecticut Sen...
Colombia: 193 dead after rivers overflow, toppling homes
April 2, 2017 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An avalanche of water from three overflowing rivers tore through a small city in Colombia while people slept, destroying homes, sweeping away cars and killing at least 193 unsuspecting residents...
Small town’s peace statue to Colombia’s Santos draws fire
March 9, 2017 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Opponents of Colombia's peace process are angry that a city has erected a statue of President Juan Manuel Santos to honor his efforts to end Colombia's half-century armed conflict...
Colombian rebels take step toward surrendering weapons
March 1, 2017 GMTLA CARMELITA, Colombia (AP) — Thousands of leftist rebels took an important step in Colombia's peace process Wednesday by starting to give United Nations observers an inventory of the weaponry they will soon surrender...
Colombia’s president visits rebels as they prepare to disarm
February 20, 2017 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is celebrating the arrival of the last contingent of leftist rebels at United Nations-supervised transition areas where they are preparing to disarm...
French president meets with leftist rebels in Colombia
January 24, 2017 GMTLA VENTA, Colombia (AP) — French President Francois Hollande met with leaders of Colombia's largest rebel movement Tuesday in an area where guerrillas will soon begin turning over weapons as part of a historic peace deal...
Trump’s State nominee raises doubts on Colombia peace pact
January 22, 2017 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Donald Trump's secretary of state nominee said he would review Colombia's recent peace agreement to determine how much the U...
Colombia peace talks eye political participation
August 10, 2013 GMTHAVANA (AP) — Colombia's government and its largest rebel army have begun building agreements on the guerrillas' eventual political integration if peace talks succeed, negotiators said Saturday as they entered another recess between rounds of discussions.
Colombia says last big drug lord has been captured
September 19, 2012 GMTBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday evening that a man he described as Colombia's last big-time drug lord had been captured in neighboring Venezuela. It was the third arrest of a purported Colombian drug boss in the last year.