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The top negotiator for Colombia's main rebel group announced a unilateral cease-fire on Monday, before heading into much-anticipated peace talks with his government counterparts at a convention center in the Cuban capital of Havana....

President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Tuesday a preliminary accord with Colombia's main leftist rebel group to launch peace talks to end a stubborn, century-old conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives....

President Obama has spent part of the Summit of the Americas critiquing media coverage of issues involving the United States and Latin America. "I think that often times in the press the attention in summits like this ends up focusing on where are the controversies," Obama said at one point this weekend. "Sometimes those controversies date back to before I was born."

The Obama administration says a free trade agreement with Colombia can be fully implemented because of steps the Colombian government has taken to prevent violence against labor union members and improve workers' rights.

Five members of the U.S. military assigned to support the Secret Sevice during President Barack Obama's visit to Colombia violated curfew and may have been involved in "inappropriate conduct," ... A policeman in Cartagena said at least one member of the Secret Service tried to take a prostitute up to a hotel room without registering her.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - The race for Colombia's presidency began on Saturday, with former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos the favorite after the South American nation's popular incumbent was blocked from running for a third term.

President Hugo Chavez ordered Venezuela's military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying the ...