In the northeast of Colombia on Tuesday two journalists disappeared. Cameraman Carlos Melo and Diego D'Pablos reporter from the television station RCN reported on the alleged kidnapping of a Spanish journalist and now,, possible '' itself become the victim of a kidnapping, as told RCN.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday updated travel advice for Venezuela. Travel to cities and densely populated areas is not recommended. The advice is to only go there if it is strictly necessary. The reason is the increased crime in Venezuela.
Children sitting in the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC, will soon be leaving the rebel camp. That negotiators from the Colombian government and FARC agreed at peace talks.
Police in Colombia have at least eight tons of cocaine seized in the northwest of the country. The drugs were discovered in the Antioquia province, the newspaper reported Saturday.
Colombian police on Saturday arrested the Peruvian drug lord Gerson Galvez, reports the. 'The Snail', as is his nickname, was known in Peru as the country's most wanted criminal. He was arrested in a shopping mall in the northwestern city of Medellín.
Dozens of Lions on Sunday flew to South Africa to start a new life in a sanctuary after being mistreated for years in Latin American circuses.
At least 28 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake off the coast of Ecuador. The death toll is likely to rise further. Saturday night around 20:00 (local time) an earthquake was of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale measured.
The Colombian rebel movement FARC still has not taken leave of the drug trade, as agreed in the peace negotiations. So says the head of the Colombian narcotics squad. The FARC stir up opposition to the destruction of illegal crops even says Jose Angel Mendoza.
The Colombian government officially begins peace talks with the rebel group ELN, the National Liberation Army. That says a source in the staff of the chief negotiator of the government.
Mexican police on Sunday the bookkeeper of the notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman, known as 'El Chapo' arrested. Juan Manuel Alvarez is suspected of laundering money for the Sinaloa cartel. The Mexican authorities confirm Alvarez was arrested Sunday in the southern state of Oaxaca.
The Rolling Stones have on the final stop of their tour Latina Olé Monday local time in Mexico City drawn 60,000 visitors. For ten years the legendary rock group had not been to Mexico, said singer Mick Jagger.
With a kilo of cocaine hidden in her breast implants is a woman from Colombia caught at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. According to the German customs authorities the drugs were intended for the Spanish market.
In Colombia, more than five thousand pregnant women infected with the zikavirus. That the health authorities reported in the country. In total, more than 31,000 Colombians infected.
More than 3100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with zikavirus transmitted by mosquitoes. That said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Saturday.
Three patients suffering in Colombia there are indirectly deceased to the Zika virus. According to the National Institutes of Health show cases in which the virus can be deadly.
Brazil will deploy all necessary resources to combat zikavirus. The Brazilians are primarily interested in the deal with the biggest culprit, the mosquito that transmits the virus. That said President Dilma Rousseff Tuesday at the opening of the Brazilian parliamentary year in the capital Brasilia.
With the closing of the Monday deadline by which candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize can be submitted, circulated in the media, as usual, quite a few names. Frequently mentioned are the inhabitants of the Greek islands that accommodate Syrian refugees.
In Colombia, more than 2100 pregnant women zikavirus. That the national health institute of the South American country reported Saturday.
Authorities in El Salvador advise women not to become pregnant for the time being. By zikavirus that haunts the land can possibly birth defects occur in infants. Earlier, Colombia also came though with such a call.
The Government of Colombia and the FARC leftist rebels agree that there should be a monitoring mission in Colombia. The United Nations must ensure that the parties adhere to a truce. Under Traders in the peace talks in the Cuban capital Havana will soon submit a request to the UN.
In Colombia, more than 11 600 people are infected with the virus zika, among them 459 pregnant women. That made the Ministry of Health of that country announced. The virus is not dangerous to adults, but may lead to birth defects.
Pregnant women in the coming period should not have to travel to parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. The American Public Health Institute, this has CDC said Friday because of the presence of the Zika virus.
Human rights activists run mainly in Central and South America are losing their lives. In the first eleven months of 2015 156 activists worldwide were killed or died in captivity. More than half of them perished in Latin America, said Front Line Defenders (FLD), an organization in Ireland that keeps track of the numbers.
The Polish police have 178 kilos of cocaine found in a batch of bananas from South America. The drugs from Colombia have a street value of the equivalent of 25 million euros. It is one of the biggest drug seizures ever in Poland, said a police spokesman.
Colombia has recently acquired two German U-boats in the fight against drug traffickers. Increasingly, smugglers make use of mini- submarines to transport their goods from the south to Central America. Bogotá bought for 110 million euros, the U23 and U24, submarines of 500 tons, 49 meters long and 23 crew members.
The opposition would be Sunday in the parliamentary elections in Venezuela for the first time can get a majority. The oil-rich socialist country is there and has been disastrous for ' failed state ' baptized. The trouble with forged opposition coalition MUD (Democratic Unity Front Table) seems alternative.
The authorities of nineteen countries have closed 999 websites which counterfeit items offered for sale. The organization and coordination of the project was in the hands of Europol, the partnership between the police forces of the European Union. Colombia was the only country outside Europe which cooperated with the cessation of websites with illegal merchandise.
Residents of Colombia could vote on the proposed final peace accord between the Colombian government and FARC rebel movement. Which have been partially agreed. If there is a final deal, the government submits the agreement to the people. " So that the people can say whether it is for or against the agreement," said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Thursday.
The Colombian rebel group FARC in September not buy weapons and ammunition. Leader Rodrigo Londono Echeverri which Wednesday announced in a Twitter message sent to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.
