The victory of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez in the elections for president and vice president in Colombia, was greeted with rejoicing on the streets of the capital and other cities. Read more...

Colombia’s far right president, Iván Duque, lit the fuse of an uprising by working-class and middle class Colombians with a proposed tax increase, raising $8bn ostensibly to pay down the country’s deb Read more...

The victory of Juan Manuel Santos represents a continuation of the murderous Uribe regime, writes Tim West Read more...

The increase in US troops is behind the increasing strain in Latin America, argues Rix Bragg Read more...

It has been a terrible year for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - the FARC. Read more...

At the beginning of last month an estimated 12 million people took to the streets of Colombia to coincide with start of talks between the government and the guerilla group FARC. They demanded an end to the civil war that has claimed over 35,000 lives in the last decade. With the USA increasing its covert military intervention Keith Harvey looks at the prospects for peace Read more...

As the start of this month President Pastrana of Colombia and Manuel Marulanda, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) agreed to resume 'peace talksi aimed at resolving the decade Read more...