Colombian soldiers have rescued two high-ranking police officers and an army sergeant who had been held prisoner by Farc guerrillas for 12 years. The rescue operation yesterday freed General Luis Mendieta and Colonel Enrique Murillo, who were captured...

The government-backed candidate for the Colombian presidency, Juan Manuel Santos, admitted Sunday that during his university studies in the United States he smoked pot just like the majority of his classmates at the University of Kansas. The...

Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were being used by illegal militia and drug traffickers,...