Job scarcity and the hope of striking it rich are driving women to pursue mining despite the grueling conditions. Colombian emeralds are highly valued globally, with the potential for significant ...

Take your time observing the spectacular decor—and tell the owner Ignacio that Nina sent you! *If you’re planning a trip for ...

BOGOTA, Colombia, November 25 (UNHCR) - On the morning of May 5, 2003, Omaira Fernández took a walk to the stream that runs near her home in the indigenous reserve of Betoyes, in the Colombian ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Dressed in camouflage, Zulma Stefania Perez reflected on her first weeks of training at a military base in the capital — and on her life as one of Colombia’s first female recruits ...

BOGOTA, Colombia, March 8 (UNHCR) - "My name is Marta [not her real name]. I come from a village close to a big river, where paramilitaries and guerrillas have been fighting for years. One day five ...

The Cartagena Film Festival is about bringing down walls — and getting Colombian films and TV programs to the masses. Held since 1960 in the walled city of Cartagena, located in northwestern Colombia, ...