Your hot air balloon lifts gently into the sky as the first rays of sun crest over Colombia's coffee region, a triangle-shaped span of verdant terrain extending into the Caldas, Risaralda, and Quindío areas of the country. The morning mist curls around Arabica plants. A fresh coffee scent mingles with the Andean mountain air. Colombia is a destination where luxury reveals itself not through extravagance, but through authenticity, intimacy, and connection.
Thirty-three Colombian soldiers have been released after being held captive for three days in a remote Amazonian village dominated by armed rebel factions and drug crops, the country's Ombudsman's Office said. At this moment, soldiers are withdrawing from the village Nueva York, said Iris Marin, the head of the Ombudsman's Office, in a post on X on Thursday, as troops were escorted out of the rural community in Guaviare province.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro reaffirmed Colombia's claim to Santa Rosa Island in the Amazon River, asserting that Colombia does not recognize Peru's sovereignty over it.
In Muzo, life revolves around luck and chance, where the pursuit of emeralds has attracted fortune seekers for generations. The emerald trade, once violent, is now peaceful.
The meeting seeks to coordinate concrete actions, including legal and diplomatic measures, against Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, described by member states as genocide.
It felt like those interviews and spaces almost resembled therapy sessions... The women felt safe and were able to open up. Emotionally, it was hard for them and for me.
These were atrocities that never should have happened," said one of the soldiers during a mid-day break in the exhumations at a cemetery in the central Colombian city of Neiva. The soldier, a former lieutenant colonel, admitted that during the mid-2000s soldiers under his command shot dead 63 civilians and reported them as guerrillas killed in action.