Then came a sudden and dramatic replacement. By 2,000 years ago, the genetic marks of the early settlers had been eliminated, with a population whose roots lay to the north, to Central America.

After Decades of War, This Jungle Is Now Open for Exploration. Scientists found rare, and likely new, species while guided through remote Colombia by ex-FARC rebels.

A relief map of Colombia, Courtesy of Wikipedia. The disaster occurred in the town of Mocoa, which lies in southwest Colombia in the department of Putumayo at an elevation of nearly 2000 feet.

A moderately strong, 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck in Colombia on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 6:26 a.m. Colombia time, data from the agency ...

More than 7 million people were displaced during Colombia’s armed conflict, according to the National Victims Registry. Before this government agency took charge of maintaining the registry of ...

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC) in particular, have grown reliant on funds extorted from local gold miners. During two trips to the ...

If you look at a map of Colombia in South America, you see a huge region in eastern Colombia comprising sprawling, seasonally flooded plains that have been ignored by tourists due to their ...