Rescuers race to find Colombia earthquake survivors as death toll rises
Over 1,100 homes were destroyed when Colombia was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.
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Over 1,100 homes were destroyed when Colombia was struck by its strongest earthquake on record.
The 7.4 magnitude earthquake's epicenter was in San José del Palmar, about 250 miles west of Colombia's capital, Bogota, officials said.
Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose nation is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter.
New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, with the wreckage believed to be holding treasures worth billions of dollars.
Argentina won its second straight Copa America championship, overcoming Lionel Messi's second-half leg injury to beat Colombia 1-0 on Lautaro Martínez's 112th-minute goal.
Scientists studying a Colombian family plagued by early-in-life Alzheimer's have found a rare gene variant that seems to delay initial symptoms by about five years.
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many U.S. colleges following the arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University this month.
Officials released dramatic video of the chase, during which the crew allegedly "began evasive actions, throwing packages into the water."
The "holy grail" of shipwrecks has been controversial since it was discovered, because it is both an archaeological and economic treasure.
The Colombian Navy released a video of the seizure, showing an officer cutting open packages and testing the contents in a vial.
The U.N. says coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year the administration of President Gustavo Petro struggles to reduce poverty in remote areas and contain armed groups that are profiting from the cocaine trade.
The Biden administration is starting a new immigration program that allows some Central Americans and Colombians to enter the U.S. legally. Interview Liana Montecinos, managing attorney at Montecinos Immigration Law.
The Indigenous children, aged 13, 9 and 4 years and 11 months, are expected to remain for a minimum of two weeks at a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday.
Colombia's president said the authorities have found alive the four children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago.
When Luis López was lost in Panama's Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them.
President Joe Biden's administration has promised to offer more legal options for Latin American migrants to come to the United States to be reunited with their families.
Almost 5,800 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $87 million, was found on board the roughly 50-foot-long submarine, officials said.
Fans of Mexico's "El Tri" national soccer team packed Levi's Stadium for a World Cup tuneup against the Colombian national team.
Alex Arango is using his musical talents to tell his personal story and honor his cultural heritage. So when you hear him play, it's hard to believe Arango couldn't read music when he joined his high school's band.
Alex Arango is using his musical talents to tell his personal story and honor his cultural heritage. So when you hear him play, it's hard to believe Arango couldn't read music when he joined his high school's band.
Santa Rosa police are searching for a 20-year-old woman from Colombia last seen leaving a downtown movie theater Sunday night.
When the Super Bowl halftime show began, Yol-Itzma Aguirre and her relatives watched with anticipation. The El Paso, Texas, family was curious how Colombian-born Shakira and New York-raised Jennifer Lopez, two of the world's most popular Latino artists, would seize the stage.
A Marin County man is behind bars in Colombia, accused of paying for sexual acts with teens. Victims are as young as 13 years old.
A major earthquake has struck a coastal region of Venezuela Tuesday, swaying buildings in the capital city of Caracas more than 350 miles away.
A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a South American championship, killing 75 people.
