Latin Times

Totó La Momposina Dies at 85, Colombia Loses the Voice That Took Cumbia to the World

Totó La Momposina, the legendary Colombian artist who transformed Caribbean folk music into a global cultural force, died ...
The City Paper Bogotá

Remembering Totó La Momposina, the Voice of Colombia’s Caribbean Soul

Colombian music icon Totó La Momposina, celebrated worldwide for preserving and popularizing the Caribbean coast’s cumbia and ...
NPR

In the midst of an energy crisis, countries make plans to ditch oil, gas and coal

SANTA MARTA, Colombia — As the sun sets on the Caribbean coast, the lights turn on at the giant port that exports millions of tons of Colombia's coal to the rest of the world. Colombia is a major ...
CNN

Indian billionaire heir offers to save 80 of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ from Colombian cull

Indian magnate Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in at his wildlife sanctuary in India, 80 “cocaine hippos” currently living in Colombia, where the government is ...
NPR

Violence escalates in Colombia with dozens of attacks before presidential vote

BOGOTA, Colombia — A spate of attacks against civilians and military bases in Colombia's southwestern region has raised security concerns as the country heads to a May presidential election in which ...
Associated Press

Violence escalates in Colombia with dozens of attacks before presidential vote

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Relatives of victims pay respects at the site of ...
The Guardian

Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves 21 dead amid pre-election violence

Cocaine-trafficking rebels blamed for worst attack on civilians in decades, which also left 56 people injured The death toll in a Colombian highway bombing blamed on cocaine-trafficking rebels has ...
The City

Colombia Elections: Cepeda Leads, Valencia Doubles in Race Down to Three

Paloma Valencia and former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez campaign on the Colombian coast. Photo: Paloma Valencia. With just over a month to go before Colombia’s May 31 presidential election, a new ...
NBC News

Explosive device kills 20 and injures dozens on a bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists

An explosive device killed 20 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country’s army chief described as a “terrorist act” that also left at least 36 injured as ...
PBS

Colombia bus bombing death toll rises to 20 during a wave of violence

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The number of people killed in a bombing in a volatile region in southwest Colombia rose to 20, officials said Sunday. The attack happened Saturday when an explosive device was ...
Associated Press

Death toll from bus bombing in southwest Colombia rises to 20 during a wave of violence

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Relatives of victims pay respects at the site of ...
CNN

Highway bombing in Colombia kills at least 14 amid a ‘wave’ of attacks

At least 14 people were killed and at least 38 wounded, including five children, after a bomb tore apart a busy road in southwestern Colombia, according to local ...