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Colombia: Bogota 'vertical gardens' hint at greener future

A multi-storey building covered in plants is cited as an environmental model for the Colombian capital.

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FARC leader 'Timochenko' suffers stroke

FARC leader 'Timochenko' taken to hospital after suffering stroke. The 59-year-old expected to be able to leave within 48-hours

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'Goodbye weapons, goodbye war, welcome peace' Colombia celebrates

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President Santos of Colombia: you have to draw a line between peace and justice

Nobel Peace Prizewinner, President Juan Manuel Santos, talks to Isabelle Kumar about why bringing peace does not always bring popularity at the polls.

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Celebrations in Colombia as FARC disarmament completed

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Panic on board a sinking ferry in Colombia

Motorboats rush to the rescue as a packed Colombia tourist ferry sinks

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Dutch journalists freed by Colombian rebels

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FARC has now 'decommissioned its weapons', Colombia's president tells Euronews

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Colombian wealthy shoppers targeted in bomb attack

A young French aid worker is among the dead, according to Bogota authorities

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FARC questions peace deal commitment

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FARC weapons deadline extended in Colombia

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Dozens arrested as Buenaventura strike turns violent

Reports suggest at least 80 people have been arrested in the Colombian city of Buenaventura after a days-long and largely peaceful strike turned violent.

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UN official kidnapped by dissident former FARC rebels

A UN official is said to have been kidnapped in Colombia by dissident, former FARC rebels who have rejected the peace process.

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Second deadly landslide in a month rocks Colombia

A deadly landslide has rocked Colombia for the second time this month, claiming at least 11 lives just weeks after more than 300 were killed in a similar…

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"Las invasiones": where displaced Colombians live

In a neighborhood called ‘Centenario’, located in the outskirts of Puerto Asis, in the Colombian department of Putumayo is a district dubbed “Las invasiones” (literally “the invasions”), it is an info

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360° video: Food security programmes to reduce displacement in rural areas

In Colombia, the UN is trying to help rural communities whose food security has been challenged by the government’s attempt to curb coca production through land-fumigation.

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Colombian landslide death toll rises to 290

As the death toll rises, rescue workers are rushing to bury identified bodies in the town of Macoa as soon as possible, to stop the spread of infection.

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Colombia: Damage and despair in mudslide-hit Mocoa

Funerals are taking place for some of the 273 victims of Saturday's disaster in the southern town.

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Colombia begins to bury its dead

Colombia is beginning to bury its dead as rescuers continue to search for victims of the weekend’s flooding and landslides.

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Death toll after mudslides in Colombia rises to more than 250

The number of people killed in flooding and mudslides in Colombia has now risen to more than 250, with more than 200 people still unaccounted for.