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It’s a quirk of fate that Stephen Harper dragged domestic distractions to Peru and Colombia just as he is finally forging something like the Latin America strategy he has always promised

Bogotá envía a 400 soldados para dar con el paradero de los guerrilleros que perpetraron la acción

Más de veinte despachos internacionales de abogados presentaron hoy en Nueva York una alianza con la que pretenden recuperar la confianza de los inversores en los mercados a través de nuevas regulaciones globales que protejan a los consumidores del fraude financiero. "Los abogados podemos aportar sentido común e ideas a la política internacional desde una posición...

Mashable is proud to join technology's brightest entrepreneurs in the March For Innovation, a virtual march on Washington that calls for smart, comprehensive immigration reform to attract and keep the best and brightest to fuel innovation and American jobs. I first came to the U.S. with my family in 1998 to avoid the violence in my home country, Colombia. But...

El ministro de Hacienda acusó a algunos "famosos" de no pagar impuestos en España. El cantante criticó la subida del IVA cultural durante la presentación de su próxima gira

CCTV footage showed the mugger trying to wrench the phone from the woman's hand before running in front of the oncoming bus in Bogota, Colombia.

The Czech rider passes Janier Acevedo of Colombia with about 400 yards left atop Mt. Diablo. American Tejay van Garderen finishes third to keep his overall lead.DANVILLE, Calif. — Leopold Konig of the Czech Republic won the seventh stage of the Tour of California in a mountaintop finish Saturday, and American Tejay van Garderen finished third to keep the overall lead...

El presidente del Gobierno, Mariano Rajoy, participará el próximo jueves en Cali (Colombia) en la VII cumbre de la Alianza del Pacífico, la primera con presencia de los países que, como España, tienen en este foro la condición de observadores y en la que buscará vías de acceso a los mercados asiáticos. El Ejecutivo ha estado muy interesado en participar en esta...

On Saturday, Carlos Munoz, a 21-year-old from Colombia driving in an IndyCar competition for the first time, qualified in the second starting position for the Indianapolis 500. Meanwhile, Dario Franchitti, a three-time Indy 500 winner and four-time series champion, ended up 17th on Pole Day and will start from the middle of the sixth row.

Review by Organisation of American States on illicit drugs 'could mark beginning of the end' of prohibitionEuropean governments and the Obama administration are this weekend studying a "gamechanging" report on global drugs policy that is being seen in some quarters as the beginning of the end for blanket prohibition.Publication of the Organisation of American States (OAS)...

A Colombian thief badly botched his getaway after swiping a woman's mobile phone in a Bogota bus station.    

El expresidente de EE UU se encuentra en Colombia para promocionar la labor de su fundación

Gremio llega con la ventaja en el marcador y un empate bastará, pero en Colombia enfrentará a un duro Santa Fe que no está dispuesto a ceder en casa

Officials say a hit man was hired to kill Gonzalo Guillén and León Valencia, who were investigating links between politicians and criminal groupsAuthorities in Colombia have uncovered a plot to kill a freelance correspondent and a magazine columnist just two weeks after another high-profile investigative reporter narrowly escaped a mafia-style hit, while eight other...

Government believes hitman has traveled to Bogota to silence intellectuals who see armed group links to electoral lists

Rigoberto Uran of Colombia won the first big mountain stage of the Giro d’Italia, and Vincenzo Nibali of Italy finished third and kept the overall lead.    

Messi estará de baja dos o tres semanas tras confirmarse una elongación en el bíceps femoral de la pierna derecha

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government warned on Tuesday of a plot by a criminal group to kill several high-profile journalists just weeks after the attempted assassination of an investigative reporter boosted concerns over threats to a free press in the violence-plagued Andean nation.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Tuesday warned of a plot by an organized crime group to kill several high-profile journalists, just weeks after an assassination attempt on an investigative reporter boosted concerns over threats to a free press in the violence-plagued Andean nation.

ALTOPIANO DEL MONTASIO (Reuters) - Rigoberto Uran of Colombia took a solo victory in the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia, a 167-km mountain trek from Cordenons on Tuesday.

Learning a language is never easy. One thing that's usually missing in the way students learn a new language is the ability to use their new skills while talking to a native speaker. LanguageTwin, a startup I met at the Willamette Angel Conference in Corvallis, Ore., last week, aims to do just that. The service brings together language learners for peer-to-peer interactions...

Una selección de lo que se expone, representa, exhibe y habla en Madrid. Los precios y horarios son orientativos. LUNES | MARTES | MIÉRCOLES | JUEVES | VIERNES | SÁBADO | DOMINGO

* More than half of all plants, a third of animals at risk-study * Rapid peak in greenhouse gas emissions could reduce impacts By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 12 (Reuters) - The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising...

El director de 'As' repasa la leyenda de Di Stéfano

El técnico argentino, campeón con el Real Madrid, podría llegar al fútbol colombiano el próximo semestre

La visita de Obama y la elección del director de la OMC evidencian que la competencia entre los dos países resta influencia al continente en la escena internacional

Los Gobiernos de Colombia, del céntrico departamento del Meta y de su capital, Villavicencio, presentaron hoy en la base aérea de Apiay el primer simulador de vuelo de aviones no tripulados o "drones" de fabricación propia. El ministro de Defensa colombiano, Juan Carlos Pinzón, calificó la construcción de este aparato como un "hito" y explicó que se trata del primer...

El canal de vídeos YouTube, propiedad de Google, mantiene abierto hasta el día 13 de mayo el plazo para que sus ávidos usuarios de Argentina, Chile, Colombia, México y Perú presenten sus propuestas para participar en un programa formativo que aspira a crear nuevas estrellas en internet. El curso, denominado Next Up, es el primero de este tipo destinado a internautas...

Polémicas declaraciones las del ex entrenador de la Selección colombia, Francisco Maturana, quien dio su opinión sobre la calidad de los delanteros cafeteros en el mundo

Según un estudio elaborado por la FENAC (Federación Nacional de Asociaciones de Consultoría), desde 2008 se habrían marchado de España más de 300.000 jóvenes; y según las últimas cifras publicadas por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística, en el 2012 más de 60.000 españoles emigraron a países europeos, la mayoría jóvenes universitarios en busca de un primer...

Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Brazil, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago during the week of May 26th, 2013.  In each country, the Vice President will meet with key leaders to discuss the full range of bilateral and regional issues.  In Brazil, he looks forward to the opportunity to meet with President Rousseff and Vice President Temer and...

The full text of the op-ed by President Obama is printed below. The piece was published yesterday in the Miami Herald and can be found HERE.   Improving our Partnership with Latin America By Barack Obama   Last week, I was proud to visit Mexico for the fourth time as president and to meet with Central American leaders in Costa Rica. It...

Vicente del Bosque sale en defensa del portero, y asegura en una cadena de radio colombiana que "un buen madridista debe querer a Casillas"

La reforma migratoria de sentido común es una de mis principales prioridades

The food delivery wars continue to heat up: today foodpanda, the Rocket Internet-incubated startup that offers a one-stop service to order food from a selection of restaurants and take-out joints to be brought to your door and now working with some 15,000 restaurants globally, is today announcing that it has picked up over $20 million in funding, with participation from...

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The nuns' habits didn't seem to be habitual garb for three young women so Colombian police asked them to step aside when they arrived on the Caribbean island of San Andres on a flight from Bogota.Police Capt. Oscar Davila says the three women appeared nervous, and the fabric didn't look right.Read More...More on Cocaine

Manchester United are considering a move for Colombia U20 international midfielder Juan Fernando Quintero to solve a long-term problem.

La revista Semana es un referente periodístico tanto en Colombia como en América Latina

Alejandro Santos afirma que la investigación periodística en Colombia tiene un valor crucial

El coche de Ricardo Calderón, responsable de la revista 'Semana' que indagaba "denuncias del Ejército", recibió cinco balazos

10:58 A.M. CST      PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, thank you so much, Mr. Condo.  And once again, I want to thank President Chinchilla and all the people of Costa Rica for their incredible hospitality.  I've already been scouting out where I'm going to stay when I come back here for vacation.  (Laughter.)  But, unfortunately, I'm going to have to leave after this forum.     ...

May 3 (Reuters) - The United States is watching "crackdowns on the opposition" in Venezuela, President Barack Obama said in a television interview aired on Friday when asked if he considered newly elected Nicolas Maduro to be the country's legitimate president. Maduro, elected in April by a narrow margin, earlier this year accused the United States...

Inmigrantes latinoamericanos que viven en España se vuelcan en el autoempleo como un modo de superar la crisis que se vive en el país y que, en forma de desempleo, se está ensañando especialmente con el colectivo de extranjeros. Madrid alberga este fin de semana, en un pabellón de la Casa de Campo, la séptima edición de la denominada Feria de las Américas, una...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia and Marxist-led FARC rebels reported important advances on Friday on the critical issue of agrarian reform in their talks to end half a century of war but the government complained the negotiations were still moving too slowly.

Los ataques y crímenes cibernéticos aumentaron en 2012 en Latinoamérica ante la falta de estrategias gubernamentales sólidas para hacer frente a esos desafíos, que van desde el pirateo por motivos políticos hasta el uso de foros para el lavado de dinero, alertó hoy la OEA en un informe. El aumento de los delitos cibernéticos osciló entre el 8 % y el 40 % en la...

LAHORE - Pakistan will take part in the second World U-12 Baseball Cup being played from July 18 in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. As many as 16 world's best junior teams will feature in the event in which Pakistan has been placed in group B along with USA, Venezuela, Brazil, South Korea, Panama, Nigeria and Russia. Group A comprises, Chinese Taipei, Mexico, Japan, Italy,...

Mozilla was keen to talk up the 3.0 version of its Firefox OS simulator back in March, but didn’t have much to share about when eager developers could start fiddling with it. Thankfully for HTML5 buffs, that six-week quiet period is over — the team just announced on the official Mozilla Hacks blog that the newly updated simulator is now available to download.

Walk through the ivy-covered buildings -- virtually.

El presidente de EEUU, Barack Obama, viaja hoy a México para una visita de marcado carácter económico y comercial en la que también abordará la cooperación en seguridad con su homólogo de ese país, Enrique Peña Nieto. "La relación con México es más que seguridad", explicó este miércoles en un encuentro con periodistas en la Casa Blanca el principal asesor...

Sorry, Washington. If, after 30 years, Colombia can't win the war on drugs, no one can.

El ministro colombiano de Defensa defiende en Washington la labor de los cuerpos de seguridad en el proceso con las FARC

Miles de trabajadores comenzaron a marchar hoy en las principales ciudades de Colombiam, en la conmemoración del Primero de Mayo, para reclamar mejores salarios en un país con gran parte de la población activa en el sector informal. En Bogotá siete marchas confluirán a primera hora de la tarde en la céntrica Plaza Bolívar y según cálculos de la Central Unitaria...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Cutting through the shadows of moonlight, three brothers climb out of a truck and trudge slowly, silently toward a dark hill. There, wrapped in a blanket, they find the body of their father....

This afternoon, the President and the Vice President met with Latino leaders to discuss the upcoming trip to Mexico and Costa Rica. As this is the President’s fourth trip to Mexico and his sixth trip to the region, he noted that this is an important opportunity to reinforce the deep cultural, familial, and economic ties that so many Americans share with Mexico and Central...

El presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, le dio hoy su aprobación a la vivienda de interés social en la que pasó la noche y al verificar que "quedó muy buena" dio vía libre a la entrega de 320 apartamentos gratuitos en la ciudad de Valledupar (norte). "Las casas tienen 49 metros cuadrados y cuentan con tres habitaciones, son cómodas y las familias pueden vivir...

El Gobierno y las FARC vuelven a la mesa de negociaciones para salvar los escollos y conquistar la paz

As gun control legislation grinds to halt in Washington, parents and teachers are taking matters into their own handsThe pink bulletproof rucksack that 5-year-old Jaliyah wears to school every day reaches almost down to her knees and weighs 3lbs even when empty, but for her Colorado father, the size and solidity are part of the attraction."If you put it on her back, it...

Esta semana se retomaron las negociaciones entre el Gobierno de Colombia y las FARC. De estas difíciles conversaciones depende el legado político del presidente colombiano

Stenamma is a cryptic "leaf-litter" ant genus that occurs in moderately humid to wet forest habitats throughout the Holarctic region, Central America, and part of northwestern South America (Colombia and Ecuador). The genus was thought to be restricted primarily to the temperate zone, but recent collecting efforts have uncovered a large variety of Neotropical forms, which...

Brazil and Peru governments say company should not profit from an address that refers to an important geographical areaWhen you see the word "Amazon", what's the first thing that springs to mind – the world's biggest forest, the longest river or the largest internet retailer – and which do you consider most important?These questions have risen to the fore in an arcane,...

La Corte Constitucional, sin embargo, permite que este tipo de uniones se legalicen ante los notarios

Introduction Thank you, Jason.  During your time at the White House, the President and our team counted on your deep knowledge of energy, climate and national security.   Thank you also to Columbia University.  You chose well in Jason and there could scarcely be a more timely moment for a Center like this one.   Finally, a special thanks to...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Colombia today launched its 2012 activity report. The ICRC expressed its concern about the persistent suffering caused by the conflict and the actions of various armed groups.

Sandra Ávila Beltrán admite que ayudó económicamente a un narcotraficante para llegar a un trato con la Fiscalía de Estados Unidos

A CCTV camera captured the extraordinary moment in Medellin, Colombia, when a man walked towards the edge of a Metro platform, with almost a dozen people watching.

La economía de América Latina y el Caribe crecerá un 3,5 % en 2013 debido a una mejora de Brasil y Argentina, según informó hoy la Cepal, que, sin embargo, rebajó en tres décimas su previsión de diciembre pasado para la región. En un balance económico actualizado difundido hoy, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal) prevé que las economías...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia and the Marxist FARC rebels launched their latest round of peace talks on Tuesday in Havana after a month-long break in a process aimed at ending half a century of bloody conflict in the South American nation.

Unas 1.200 familias indígenas de la etnia Wayúu bloquearon hoy parte de la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela, en el sitio conocido como Paraguachón (norte), en protesta porque no les permiten importar gasóleo, informó a Efe una líder indígena. "Hoy comenzamos el bloqueo y mañana (martes) no pasará nada ni nadie por esta vía", señaló a Efe Rosario Enríquez,...

Ricardo Hausmann, exministro venezolano, explica cómo Brasil y Colombia lograron que Maduro aceptara el nuevo conteo

El documental 'Los pies que faltan', del videoartista Javier Codesal, pone su mirada en los niños heridos en la guerra colombiana

Tras no haber marcado antes en Colombia, Argentina o España, Luis Amaranto Perea presume ya dos tantos en lo que va de campeonato