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Tower block detonated in Colombia

 

Authorities in the Colombian city of Medellin have demolished a high-rise apartment block after a neighbouring tower collapsed, killing 12 people.

28 Feb 2014

Trouserless march: Hundreds strip off in Colombia

 

Hundreds of Colombians take to the streets in their underwear to defend their freedom of expression

10 Feb 2014

Tom Hart Dyke: 'It's great to be back in Colombia'

 

Hay Festival At the Hay Festival Cartagena, horticulturalist Tom Hart Dyke explains why he is happy to be back in Colombia 14 years after his kidnap

03 Feb 2014

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Clegg heads export push to Mexico and Colombia

 

Forty business leaders join Deputy Prime Minister in 'catch-up mission’

02 Feb 2014

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The orchid hunter returns to land of his kidnappers

 

Lullingstone Castle heir Tom Hart Dyke has built the garden he dreamt about during nine months of being held captive by an armed gang in Colombia

01 Feb 2014

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Listen to Scottish folk band Salsa Celtica

Hay Cartagena 2014 Scottish folk band Salsa Celtica perform one of their tracks exclusively for The Telegraph

31 Jan 2014

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40-year-old foetus found inside 82yo

A 40-year-old foetus has been discovered inside an 82-year-old woman who came into a hospital in Bogota with abdominal pain

12 Dec 2013

Colombian rebel group FARC free US hostage

Kevin Scott Sutay, the former US soldier who wandered in to territory of Colombian rebels, turned over to Cuban and Norwegian officials four months after being taken hostage

28 Oct 2013

Family of Pablo Escobar attempt to register his name as a brand

The family of Pablo Escobar, a cocaine lord venerated by Colombia's poor and hunted relentlessly by police, are attempting to register his name as a commercial brand.

14 Sep 2013

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'Pregnant' cocaine smuggler caught

A Canadian citizen has been captured at Bogota's International Airport while allegedly attempting to leave Colombia with two kilos of cocaine hidden in a fake pregnancy pouch.

12 Sep 2013

Cocaine hidden in fake limes seized

Colombian authorities have confiscated a huge shipment of cocaine hidden inside thousands of crates of fake plastic limes.

31 Aug 2013

Troops sent into Colombian capital amid clashes

Troops were ordered onto the streets of Bogota on Friday after deadly violence broke out amid nationwide protests, in the first major military deployment in the Colombian capital since the peak of the country's civil conflict.

30 Aug 2013

Peace hopes grow as Colombia president says ready for talks with ELN rebels

Colombia moved a step closer to ending its devastating half century of civil conflict as President Juan Manuel Santos said he was ready to start peace talks with the drug trafficking leftist rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN).

29 Aug 2013

Colombia extradites top drug gang leader to United States

Colombia extradited Diego Perez Henao, one of the country's most wanted gang leaders, to the United States on Wednesday to face charges for alleged cocaine trafficking and involvement in hundreds of murders, Colombia's prison authority said.

29 Aug 2013

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Farc kills 13 Colombian soldiers ahead of talks

Farc guerrillas have killed 13 soldiers in an attack on a Colombian army patrol shortly after officials announced talks with the leftist rebels would resume on Monday.

25 Aug 2013

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Farc guerillas make historic admission of guilt in Colombia bloodshed

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) have for the first time admitted they bear partial blame for the bloodshed that has wracked the South American country for half a century, in what represents a significant step in efforts to negotiate a historic peace accord.

20 Aug 2013

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The bushcricket as loud as a power saw

A recently rediscovered species of bushcricket has been found to produce a song that is as loud as a power saw, making it one of the loudest animals in the world.

08 Aug 2013

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Colombian drug trafficker given 25-year sentence in US

A Colombian drug trafficker with paramilitary ties was sentenced to 25 years in a US jail for conspiring to import tons of cocaine to America, the Justice Department has announced.

06 Aug 2013

Army blame leftist guerrillas as Colombia's largest oil pipeline is attacked

Colombia's largest oil pipeline was hit by an explosion causing a significant oil spill in an attack blamed on leftist guerrillas, according to the army.

30 Jul 2013

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Colombia civil conflict has killed 'nearly a quarter of a million': study

Almost a quarter of a million Colombians have been killed in the country's bloody half-century conflict, most of them civilians, a government-funded report revealed on Wednesday, providing fresh evidence of the vast scale of human rights violations since hostilities began.

25 Jul 2013

15 Colombian soldiers killed in Farc ambush

Fifteen Colombian soldiers have been killed in an ambush by leftist Farc rebels, the country's president said Sunday, raising concerns about peace talks launched last year.

21 Jul 2013

Envoy calls on Colombian rebels to release ex-Marine

A former U.S. Marine who Colombia's main insurgency says it "captured" a month ago in a turbulent southeastern region is a tourist, not a member of the U.S. mission, and should be released immediately, Washington's ambassador has said.

21 Jul 2013

'Ndrangheta mafia boss arrested in Colombian shopping centre

Roberto Pannunzi, the alleged boss of the 'Ndrangheta, Italy's Calabrian mafia, is arrested in Colombia.

06 Jul 2013

British Museum to stage El Dorado exhibition

Art El Dorado's jewellery and gold masks to go on display at the British Museum.

04 Jul 2013

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World needs new ways to tackle drugs trade, says Colombian president

Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's president, has called on the world to find new ways to tackle the scourge of the illegal drugs trade, including the possibility of legalisation with regulation.

07 Jun 2013

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