James Rodriguez transfer: Bayern Munich chief gives update on Colombia star's future amid talk of Real Madrid return

James Rodriguez will remain at Bayern Munich this season - despite reports linking him with a move away. That's according to the club's chief executive, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who dismissed the transfer speculation as "not true". …

Colombia has billions in sunken treasure off its coast, but ownership is still disputed

Colombia, Honduras Win Group A First-Round Matches at Central American Games

Colombia, Honduras Win Group A First-Round Matches at Central American Games BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – The under-21 men’s soccer teams of Colombia and Honduras defeated Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago, respectively, on Friday in the first round of …

Should coca be commercialised?

A new study by Open Society Foundations has made the case for the industrialisation of coca, the plant from which cocaine is made. The Bogotá Post looks at the arguments and proposal made in the paper Coca Industrialization: A Path to Innovation, …

President Santos historic address welcomes newly installed FARC members of Congress

Image still courtesy of YoutubeToday President Juan Manuel Santos welcomed newly-installed FARC Congress members in what was a historic milestone in the country’s path to peace with the former guerrilla group. “Welcome to this temple of democracy,” the …

Nairo Quintana creeps into eighth place in Tour de France

Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintano. Image courtesy of WikicommonsOn a day when Colombia celebrated its independence day, cyclist Nairo Quintano of Team Movistar gave it something to cheer about. Quintana is now 4min13sec behind leader Geraint Thomas and is …

Conflict in Colombia forces thousands of children out of school

Many students are not returning to education after their classes were suspended due to clashes between armed groups. Violence in Colombia has resulted in at least 44,000 children being forced out of education this year after attacks on schools and …

Colombia’s president urges peace as FARC enters Congress

Colombian former FARC guerrillas have taken their seats in Congress on Friday as part of an agreement that ended five decades of war, and outgoing President Juan Manuel Santos urged the nation to protect the nascent peace and put an end to violence. At …

Former Farc rebels enter Colombia congress

Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the conflict with the Farc Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has welcomed former Farc rebels as they took their seats at the opening …

Colombia’s ex-FARC rebels take up seats in congress

Under a 2016 accord that ended the conflict, five seats each in the upper and lower chambers have been set aside for members of the FARC, a rebel army turned legal political party, although it only occupied eight of them. Outgoing president Jose Manuel …