Residents Trickle Back to Ruins of Gramalote, Colombia

Dispersed to nearby towns and cities, Gramalote, Colombia, residents are slowly returning to the devastated town, to live among the ruins or at least in sight of them.

Argentina gambles on seizure solving growing oil crisis

BOGOTA, Colombia: With oil prices rising, nationalist governments in Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia have squeezed multinational energy firms during the past decade, taking a greater stake in projects and jacking up taxes and royalties.

2 More Secret Service Employees Resigning

As the Secret Service pursues an inquiry into allegations of egregious behavior by agents during President Obama’s trip to Colombia, investigators have pieced together a more nuanced story.

Secret Service Faces New Scandal After Working to Improve Image

Allegations of misconduct in Colombia have brought renewed scrutiny to an agency that thought it had shed a salacious reputation.

Chavez to skip Americas summit on doctors' advice

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will not attend this weekend's hemispheric summit in Colombia and will instead fly straight to Cuba to continue radiation treatment for cancer, his foreign minister said on Saturday. The 57-year-old socialist leader said on Friday the radiation therapy was physically tiring and that his doctors were evaluating whether he should go to the ...

Venezuela's Chavez will not attend Americas summit: FM

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is suffering from cancer, will not attend the Summit of the Americas in Colombia due to health reasons, his foreign minister said here.

Peru backs the US in the war on drugs

LIMA — Peru is set to overtake Colombia as the world's top grower of coca — the plant used to make cocaine and crack. So far, the Andean country's government is staying the course in the US-backed war on drugs. GlobalPost talks to the government's former anti-drug czar who tried to change that

Secret Service Agents in Colombia Accused of Misconduct

Twelve agents sent to Colombia before President Obama’s arrival for the Summit of Americas were relieved of duty amid accusations of misconduct that is said to have involved prostitution.

Secret Service Agents Face Questioning on Misconduct

The agency’s internal watchdog began an investigation into the team of Secret Service agents that was abruptly replaced in Colombia due to accusations of misconduct involving prostitution.

Argentina Insists on Falklands Issue in Americas Summit This Weekend

BOGOTA (Colombia): Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas will be addressed during the Sixth Summit of the Americas this weekend in Cartagena de India, Colombia where 33 heads of state and government will meet, said Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Maria Angela Holguin.