Residents of the Afro-Colombian community, about 30 miles from Cartagena, will vote on 30 November in a referendum to become an independent municipality, separating from Mahates, reports The Guardian.

Colombia is more than 2,400 miles from the University of Delaware’s Newark campus, but for 20 students who spent part of the fall semester on campus, the distance seemed to fade away as they developed ...

In war, word choice is important. Everyone can hear the difference between calling civilian deaths ‘collateral damage’ and calling them ‘crimes against humanity,’ between using ‘freedom fighters’ or ...