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Gustavo Petro, Colombia's president since 2022, participated in guerrilla warfare, had multiple marriages, and achieved several political milestones.

Colombian ex-military are being recruited as mercenaries for Ukraine, with many already detained in Russia and around 200 still in active combat.

Luis Diaz's father has been kidnapped by left-wing rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN).

Luis Diaz's parents were kidnapped from La Guajira on Saturday.

Luis Diaz is an integral part of Liverpool's current side.

Luis Diaz joined Liverpool during the January transfer window in 2022.

Luis Diaz's parents were reportedly kidnapped last week and his father has not yet been found.

Colombia FARC dissidents optimistic for peace

Colombia's central bank board is set to raise its benchmark interest rate at its meeting on Friday, in a final attempt to control high inflation, and in spite of slowing growth predicted for this year.

A small plane carrying eight people crashed into a residential area of Colombia's second-largest city Medellin on Monday, killing all on board, airport authorities said.

Colombia's congress opens its new session on Wednesday, with a slate of ambitious tax-and-spend and other legislation on the horizon under incoming President-elect Gustavo Petro, intended to combat poverty and inequality.

Colombia is now the fifth Latin American country to decriminalize abortion access

In Europe only Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and Spain have legalized euthanasia.

The United States had offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of Otoniel

Fans were disappointed not to see Messi and Aguero playing together

The Brazilian squad itself is not keen on pushing through with the tournament

Hosting the Copa America now is "reckless," said epidemiologist Pedro Hallal of the Federal University of Pelotas.

The year-and-a-half-old boy was found alive in his dead mother's arms after his parents and nanny perished in a plane crash.

The pause means the enrollment system has been closed for the 60,000-patient clinical trial while the independent patient safety committee is convened.

The weakened woman was found afloat and brought back to shore by fishermen where she received medical attention.

At the peak of his career, Escobar was reported to have amassed a fortune worth about £47 billion today

The 49-year-old center-left candidate, who is openly gay, won the local election with 35.2 percent of the vote ahead of liberal Carlos Fernando Galan.

Dress code advice by Pontifical Bolivarian University (UPB) in Medellin sparks protest over "disrespectful" attitude to women.

Bogota council introduces women-only seats on buses in Colombian capital to combat high levels of sexual assault and harassment.

Juan Manuel Santos could achieve one of his longstanding ambitions this month, if country is cleared to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Informant told the CIA in 1955 that Adolf Hitler escaped the Second World War and fled to South America, where he lived with others Nazis in Tunja.

Spain's top porn star, Nacho Vidal, has filed a sex abuse suit after a doctor asked him to drop his pants and felt his genitals to treat an ear infection.

Argentina came from a goal behind to beat Ecuador 3-1 in Quito and qualify for next summer's World Cup in Russia.

Maduro and Colombian leader Santos have clashed over Venezuela's economic collapse and other issues.

Rocha faces more than 50 years in jail for various crimes.