Millions of Cubans are currently without electricity following a prolonged outage at the island's main power plants.
Reports indicate that a malfunction at the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant in Matanzas on Friday left most of Cuba in (...)
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday reiterated his opposition to constructing a border wall, emphasizing that Mexico is a free and independent nation.
Speaking at a dam inauguration in the city of Mazatlan, located in Sinaloa (...)
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court's (TSJ) confirmation of his July 28 election victory as a "historic" decision.
Speaking at the unveiling of a Hugo Chávez statue in La Guaira, Maduro praised the TSJ's ruling, (...)
The number of casualties rose to 127 in floods caused by heavy rains in Brazil, with 141 people reported missing, authorities reported Saturday.
Following heavy rains that have been affecting the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul since last week, (...)
Argentina and Colombia say they have taken "concrete steps" to improve frayed relations between the two countries after far-right Argentine leader Javier Milei called his left-wing Colombian counterpart a "terrorist murderer" in a CNN interview.
In (...)
The Colombian government has ordered the expulsion of all Argentine diplomats from the country's embassy in Bogotá following a CNN interview in which the Argentine president called his Colombian counterpart a "terrorist murderer."
"The Argentine (...)
A Boeing 757 plane lost its nose wheel shortly before taking off at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to US aviation officials.
The Delta Air Lines plane had been preparing to fly to Bogota, Colombia, on Jan. 20 when the (...)
Colombia has approved regulations that encourage local communities and indigenous groups to produce energy through renewable sources and sell it to the national grid.
Only 1% of the country's energy comes from alternative sources.
Community leaders, (...)
On Friday, in the dead of night at the heart of the Colombian jungle, army radios crackled to life with the message the nation had been praying for: "Miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle."
The military code revealed that four children missing in the (...)
Four children who survived weeks alone in Colombia's Amazon jungle have been reunited with relatives as they recover in hospital.
The siblings, aged 13, nine, five and one, are "very weak" but "happy to see their family", said their grandfather, (...)
Four children have been found alive after surviving a plane crash and spending weeks fending for themselves in Colombia's Amazon jungle.
Colombia's president said the rescue of the siblings, aged 13, nine, four and one, was "a joy for the whole (...)
"We had not been in air for more than 30 seconds... suddenly, the engine started coughing. We could see the propeller slowing down and the plane losing altitude," says Diego Londoño, a 30-year-old man from the remote Colombian Amazon town of Mitú, (...)
Colombia declared officially on Friday its support for Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2030 World Expo, emphasizing on the importance of the bilateral relations and partnerships with Saudi Arabia in various areas of mutual interest.
The decision was (...)
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cabinet Member and Climate Envoy, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, has met in Bogota with several Colombian government officials, including the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Elizabeth Taylor, and the (...)
Officials in Colombia say four children missing since their plane crashed in the jungle have been found alive and well more than two weeks later.
Their mother and the other adults were killed in the crash.
The government's child welfare agency, (...)
Peace talks between Colombia's government and the ELN rebel group have reached a first point of agreement, the country's president has said.
President Gustavo Petro made the remarks during a visit to the province of Western Antioquia.
Both sides (...)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for a fresh global strategy to combat illegal drugs trafficking.
Speaking at his inauguration, the country's first ever left-wing leader declared the "war on drugs" a failure.
Hundreds of thousands of (...)
At least four people have been killed and more than 300 were injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia.
Footage showed the three-story wooden stand filled with spectators falling at a stadium in El Espinal, Tolima (...)
The marine treasures of Colombia are often overlooked, as the country is known more for its mountains and the colourful towns that dot its coffee region. But just below the waves, a vibrant undersea world with over a thousand square kilometres of (...)
Gustavo Petro, the former mayor of Bogota and ex-rebel fighter, has become Colombia's first left-wing president.
Petro, a current senator, defeated the right-wing construction magnate Rodolfo Hernández in Sunday's run-off election.
Figures show he (...)
In Colombia, decades of violence and armed conflict created significant obstacles to human development and sustainable peace. To encourage the private sector to move back into hard-hit areas, the UN is financing an innovative project that is (...)
A group of former combatants with the FARC rebel group in Colombia have been reflecting on five years of peace and community building in a locality called Tierra Grata, which translates as "pleasant land"
A pot boils on a wood fire in the open air (...)
A group of former combatants with the FARC rebel group in Colombia have been reflecting on five years of peace and community building in a locality called Tierra Grata, which translates as "pleasant land"
A pot boils on a wood fire in the open air (...)
Colombia has sent an additional 2,000 troops and police to help contain a gang that has burned cars and threatened people as reprisal for the extradition of its leader to the US.
President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as (...)
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year's UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the international jury's recommendation.
The BAJ was formed in 1995 as a non-governmental (...)
