The US removes the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a former rebel group, from its list of terrorist organizations, five years after the group reached a peace deal with the government in Bogota.

Venezuela’s parliament and Colombia’s senate agree to start negotiations to resume relations between the two South American countries, Caracas says.

Colombia sends 14,000 military soldiers to a restive northern region bordering Venezuela to allegedly combat drug trafficking, terrorism, and organized crime funding.

Colombia boosts troop presence on borders with Venezuela after five Colombian soldiers were killed in an attack claimed by the National Liberation Army (ELN) and FARC, guerrillas.

Juan Guillermo Jaramillo is the co-author of an inventory that led to Colombia being recognized as having the widest variety of butterfly species in the world.

Thousands of protesters have demonstrated peacefully in Colombia to urge its congress to approve union-backed social and economic policies supporters say will benefit the most vulnerable.

Nicaragua has recalled its ambassadors to Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Costa Rica for “consultations” following recent political tensions.