A Colombian presidential candidate has chained himself to a statue in Bogota, to protest against what he says is biased media coverage of his campaign. Standing next to the statue of national hero Simon Bolivar, Robinson Devia also declared a hunger...

Over 160 heavy metal fans were arrested, at least eight injured, at a Metallica concert in Bogota, Colombia last night following a riot outside of the show. Despite capacity for 30,000 fans, the concert sold out quickly and police had placed 1,500...

Venezuela has deported to the United States alleged Colombian drug lord Salomon Camacho, who had a more than $7 million price on his head and Washington says is a former associate of deceased cartel leader Pablo Escobar. Rewards that high are usually...

Caqueta state Gov. Luis Francisco Cuellar was found dead Tuesday, Colombian authorities said, less than a day after he was abducted from his home by suspected leftist guerrillas. Cuellar’s body was found near Florencia, the state capital where he...

Argentina - Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina’s Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to political prisoners slain a quarter-century ago — even when they don’t want to know...

Colombian stocks and bonds will fall if market-friendly President Alvaro Uribe is barred by the courts from running for a third term next year, a ruling that would upset investors but create buying opportunities. The conservative leader is admired by...

The bullet-ridden bodies of 10 members of a Colombian football team, who were kidnapped two weeks ago, have been found on the Venezuelan border. One member of the team was reportedly found alive after the bodies were discovered in the border state of...

The commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cartagena Wednesday pledged to capture the gang of youths who raided a small circus and raped its dancing donkey Paola. Ringmaster Olascuaga Janner said that the thieves looted the Triumph Circus, taking...

Children in Colombia continue to be killed, maimed, tortured, raped, recruited and abducted in the country’s violent conflict. This despite significant government efforts, the United Nations said Tuesday. According to the UN, the country’s...

Critics of Hugo Chavez marched in cities across the globe Friday, calling the Venezuelan president a dictator and violator of human rights.