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Victims of Colombia air crash remembered in Chapeco

Wake held for soccer plane-crash victims in Brazil The small agricultural town of Chapeco has held a wake for football players who died in a Colombian plane crash as they headed to the Copa Sudamerica

Brazil

Thousands attend memorial for Chapecoense football team

Fans, families and officials gather in southern Brazil to pay their respects to victims of the plane crash that wiped out most of the squad.

Brazil

Brazil holds massive memorial for Chapecoense football team

A huge memorial service has been held for the victims of the deadly plane crash which wiped out a Brazilian football team.

Brazil

Chapecoense hosts a memorial for the victims of LaMia flight 2933

Seventy one of the 77 people on board were killed in the crash

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Colombia

First crash victims leave hospital while surviving Chapecoense players said to be stable

Days after the plane crash in Colombia that killed 19 of their team mates, the three surviving members of the Brazilian Chapecoense football team are in a stable condition in…

Colombia

Colombia plane crash bodies head home to Brazil and Bolivia

The bodies of those killed on board the aircraft that crashed near Medellin, decimating the Chapecoense football team, are being repatriated.

Colombia

Colombia's revised peace deal with FARC comes into effect

The new accord approved by Congress gives the country's largest rebel group six months to abandon its weapons.

Brazil

Colombia plane crash: bodies identified and prepared for repatriation to Brazil

Officials say the bodies of those killed in the plane crash over Colombia have been identified and are being prepared for transportation.

Colombia

Football air crash - leaked tape shows plane 'ran out of fuel'

The plane that crashed in Colombia wiping out most of a Brazilian football team was running out of fuel and had no electrical power.

World News

Colombian Congress approves FARC peace deal

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has finally achieved his peace deal with FARC rebels.

Colombia

Chapecoense crash: plane may have 'run out of fuel'

Investigators from Brazil and the UK have arrived in Colombia to help the inquiry into the plane crash that decimated the Chapecoense football team.

Colombia

Colombian Senate approves FARC deal

The initial agreement with the rebel group was rejected in a national referendum in October.

Colombia

Black boxes are recovered from Colombia plane crash

Thousands of grieving football fans have paid tribute to the Brazilian team which lost most of its players in a plane crash in Colombia.

Sport

Chapecoense: A fairytale season turned into everyone's worst nightmare

Chapecoense were founded in 1973 in the town of Chapeco in southern of Brazil – the result of a merger between two amateur teams.

Colombia

Colombia plane crash: Fans gather to mourn Chapecoense footballers

Hundreds of fans have gathered at Chapecoense’s stadium, the Condá Arena in the city of Chapecó, to mourn the players and staff killed in a plane crash in…

Colombia

At least 71 killed as plane carrying Brazilian football club crashes in Colombia

A chartered plane carrying Brazilian football team Chapecoense to the Copa Sudamericana final crashed in the Colombian mountains, killing at least 71 of the 77 people on…

Colombia

At least 6 survive plane crash over Colombia, including 3 Chapecoense footballers

At least six people survive, but 75 die, in a plane crash over Colombia.

Cuba

Latin Americans mourn "legendary" Fidel Castro

For many Latin Americans Fidel Castro was a hero, a David who took on the Goliath of US imperialism and won.

Colombia

New FARC peace deal signed in Colombia before congressional approval

Colombia's Congress will ratify the revised peace deal with the FARC, but Alvaro Uribe leads opposition calling for fresh popular vote.

Colombia

Revised peace deal signed in Colombia

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono have signed another, revised peace deal.