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 Former combat medic Hector Bernal trains soldiers in tactical medicine at his center outside Bogotá. Bernal says he’s trained more than 20 soldiers who have gone to Ukraine recently.
Ukraine
Colombian army veterans join Ukraine’s army — motivated by financial need
Tourists stroll down a street that is packed with bars and restaurants, in Medellin's Provenza neighborhood.
Community
Medellín was one of the world’s most dangerous cities. Now, it’s trying to grapple with an influx of tourists.
Bogota has trained more than 500 police officers to respond to cases of gender-based violence, known as the purple patrol.
Sexual violence
In Colombia’s capital, the ‘purple patrol’ fights sexual harassment on crowded buses
Bullfighting is still legal in the Colombian city of Manizales, which holds a major festival on the first week of January.
Justice
Colombia’s plan to ban bullfighting sparks debate on tradition, animal rights
The Bogotá Philharmonic Women's Orchestra performs at the Jorge Eliecer Gaitan theater in Bogotá, Colombia.
Women & Gender
Colombia’s first all-female orchestra sets the stage for women to take the lead in classical music
Monsieur Perine's first album, "Hecho a Mano" was published in 2012. Since then the band has produced two more albums. 
Music
TikTok fame allows Colombian band Monsieur Periné to do its own thing
Yessika Godoy waits in line outside a government office in Bogotá, Colombia, where she's trying to get her ID card restored.
Immigration
Amid immigration crackdown, Colombia revokes national IDs for thousands of Venezuelans without warning
An "Encanto" billboard stands at a movie theater in Bogotá, Colombia.
Arts, Culture & Media
Disney’s ‘Encanto’ depicts Colombia as a magical place full of possibilities — a welcome change for local audiences
One of the two main murals of the cafe, La Trocha, sentires de la montaña, which depicts a forest with elements of life in it including a tent, flashlight and canteen.
Conflict
Former FARC rebels reimagine peace with this new cultural gathering space in Colombia
At El Color de Mis Reves, or The Color of My Dreams, most of the land is covered by cloud forests. The owner wants the forest to regrow to give the wildlife more space.
Environment
Colombian farmers bet on bird-watching lodges to conserve forests
A mural in Cartagena's Getsemani Neighborhood celebrates the city's Afro-Colombian heritage and the natural hairstyles of Black women
History
Reclaiming Colombia’s Black history, one tour at a time
Aerial view of the green vegetation of the Darien jungle
Migration
46K migrants risked their lives crossing the Darién Gap in 2021. That’s more than the last three years combined.
Wide shot of snowy barren land with a white car parked in the middle
Top of The World
Contentious Keystone XL pipeline project canceled
A visit to this farm near Cali, Colombia, inspired Mauricio Zuñiga to become a coffee exporter.
Immigration
Colombian Deportado Coffee’s founder hopes to open a conversation about US immigration
Protesters block a road in downtown Cali using ropes and burning wood. One of them uses a home made shield that says “Cali Resists" 
Police
‘Police have to realize that they also make mistakes’: Colombian protesters demand reform, empathy
A Venezuelan migrant family walks away from the Venezuelan border in Pamplona, Colombia, Oct. 7, 2020. 
Critical State
Political science of the periphery: Part I
Colombia's President Iván Duque, reacts during the presentation of the award of the contract for the construction of the Bogotá subway, Oct. 17, 2019.
Development
By building Bogotá metro, China makes a new breakthrough in Latin America
A police officer wearing a face mask asks for identification documents to a driver in one of the neighborhoods where the mayor's office decreed strict quarantine, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease, in Bogota, Colombia, July 14, 2020.
Bogotá tries ‘staggered quarantine’ to slow coronavirus spread
A group of men and women, some holding arms stand around a man reading from a document.
Conflict & Justice
Former FARC leaders announce new armed offensive in Colombia
A young man with a neck tattoo and baseball cap plays violin on the street.
Migration
‘I get screamed at in the streets’: Colombia’s patience with Venezuelan migrants wears thin
Afro Colombian man wearing glasses and green jacket stands in front of a wall
Conflict & Justice
Social activists risk their lives as Colombia’s peace process falters
president-elect Ivan Duque in Colombia give a victory speech
Global Politics
In Colombia, President-elect Duque faces challenges on peace, economy
People take photos with there phones of man standing in middle of a crowd
Global Politics
In the diaspora, Colombia’s presidential election is as much about the past as the future
A Public Health Crisis in Puerto Rico Unfolds as a New Hurricane Season Nears
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Arts, Culture & Media
100% Colombian
DHS bus
Conflict
The complicated reasons why some people overstay their US visas
pope francis in colombia
Conflict
Can Pope Francis get Colombia to reconcile after decades of war?
Stivinson Mena lost his left leg, one finger and suffered genital injuries when he stepped on a land mine in Colombia
Conflict
Genital amputation, the silent wound of Colombia’s decades-old conflict
Doris Salcedo's untitled sculpture inspired by stories of the victims of violence in Colombia's war. Art is "giving dignity back. So it is doing the opposite of what violence does,” she says.
Arts
This Colombian artist gives a voice to victims of violence
Yolanda Perea Mosquera is a survivor of sexual violence
Conflict
Colombian war victims struggle to find justice. For a while, this girl only wanted revenge.
FARC rebels pose with an unidentified girl holding a weapon in southern Colombia in this undated photo confiscated by the Colombian police and released to the media on November 12, 2009. Police said that the photo was found on the body of a rebel FARC kil
Conflict
She misses being a guerrilla, but this former FARC fighter is starting a new life back home
Anya Cardenas (l) Monica Lozano (right)
Conflict
Colombian women struggle after ‘no’ vote against peace accord
Fighters from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),stand in line during the opening of ceremony congress at the camp where they prepare for ratifying a peace deal with the government, near El Diamante in Yari Plains, Colombia, September 17, 2016.
Conflict
Colombian government and FARC leaders sign a historic peace deal
Colombia peace agreement
Conflict
A peace agreement brings a civil war to an end in Colombia
Belén García
Economics
One side effect of Colombia’s civil war: cheap household help. But domestic workers want a better life.
Police examine a bombed-out office in Bogota's financial district
Conflict
Two bombings in Bogota draw attention to renewed violence in Colombia
Laura Ulloa stands in her yard at her family home in Cali, Colombia. Behind her are the Cordillera Mountains, where she was held hostage for seven months
Conflict
Once held hostage, she’s now trying to help her former captors
bandeja paisa
Culture
This delicious high-calorie Colombian dish should come with a warning label
Manuela Ochoa
‘Oropéndola’: Colombia’s Armed Conflict Through the Art of its Victims
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Nadja Drost
‘The Devil Underground’: Inside Colombia’s Gold Wars
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Orange is the New Black actress Diane Guerrero.
Global Politics
‘Orange is the New Black’ star Diane Guerrero describes her parents’ deportation
General Ruben Dario Alzate was kidnapped by FARC in a village close to the provincial capital of Quibdó in northwestern Colombia.
Conflict
A Colombian general’s bizarre behavior may have derailed his country’s fragile peace talks
John Jairo Velásquez — commonly known as "Popeye" — gives his testimony against fellow Colombian drug cartel members in 2006.
Justice
The release of ‘Popeye,’ a trusted assassin for Pablo Escobar, enrages many Colombians
Colombia fans celebrate as they gather before the World Cup Group C soccer match between Colombia and Greece. After the 3-0 win, nine Colombians died in the alcohol-fueled postgame parties.
Sports
Why Colombia’s capital is cracking down on alcohol after World Cup deaths
Young Colombian army troops in the southern town of Uribe, which used to be a FARC stronghold. Some are draftees serving their obligatory 18 months service; others are professional soldiers. Most come from humble backgrounds.
Global Politics
Draft evasion is alive and well in Colombia. And it’s an issue in the presidential race
Interview: Quantic on his new album Magnetica and his return to electronic music
Arts, Culture & Media
Ingrid Betancourt: on her six years as a captive in the Colombian jungle
The Economics of Champeta with Michael Birnbaum Quintero
Rare Colombian Gems on New Sounds and Colours Comp
Rare Colombian Gems on New Sounds and Colours Comp
Bomba Estéreo Party with African Guitar
Santiago Ramírez at the Real Sound Studio in Bogota, where they compose jingles for political candidates. He says they once had a conservative client, a Colombian Mitt Romney-type, who asked for a raunchy reggaeton tune so he could connect with young vote
Global Politics
In Colombia, if you want to stand out in a political race, you have to hire a jingle writer
Conflict & Justice
Colombia’s government has a Christmas message for FARC rebels. Come home
Colombian newspapers and magazines from December 1993 on the death of druglord Pablo Escobar. Yolanda Perdomo saved them from that time.
Business, Economics and Jobs
In the land of Capone, Colombian immigrants struggle to imagine kingpin Pablo Escobar as a tourist draw
Conflict & Justice
PHOTOS: A Colombian town tries to paint its way to peace
Colombian soldiers at La Macarena with John Otis's son, Martin.
Conflict & Justice
In Colombia, a journalist brings his kids to see where rebels once freely roamed
Global Politics
Renewed Violence Keeps Colombia Farmers from Getting Back Their Land
The Escobar-Henao company image.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Would you buy the shirt of an infamous Colombian drug lord?
Global Politics
Colombia’s FARC rebels face history in considering return to politics
Global Politics
Colombia’s FARC Rebels Face Dangers in Possible Return to Politics