October 25--After agonizing a few months over a guerrilla pamphlet that named him as a "military target," Hermes Sanchez finally decided to quit the race for mayor of Leiva, a rural municipality in ...

June 1st--Despite Antanas Mockus's widespread support, hopes for a progressive president of Colombia are fading. Siga las noticias de SEMANA en Google Discover y manténgase informado 1 de junio de ...

The German expert Kai Ambos, who has accompanied the implementation of transitional justice in Colombia, talks about the meaning of these investigations and the possibility of the ICC investigating ...

October 25-- Here’s a Dot Earth Postcard from Rhett Butler, the founder of the essential Mongabay.com blog tracking issues related to conserving forests and biological diversity worldwide. Butler took ...

Colombian traffickers have turned Argentina into an important route to transport cocaine into Europe, and also as a place of refuge, money laundering and investment. Siga las noticias de SEMANA en ...

As if it were a curse, Nariño department, in southern Colombia, continues to be battered by natural disasters, coca cultivation and illegal armed groups. Siga las noticias de SEMANA en Google Discover ...

Some intellectuals in Mexico caused surprise when they said that the government should not have declared the war against drug trafficking. Why do some good arguments come to a wrong conclusion. Siga ...

Feb 24 -- They look like hamsters on growth hormones, bark like dogs and swim as fast as otters -- all reasons why "chiguiros," the world's largest rodents, are an object of fascination for zoologists ...

Aug 10--President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderón are in Guadalajara, Mexico, today for the North American Leaders’ Summit. They will discuss ...

At the turn of the XXI century Colombian society is in a profound crisis in which illegal drugs play a very complex and important role. Colombia is the only country in the world where the three main ...