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Representatives of Colombia's government and largest rebel army have resumed peace talks in the Cuban capital.Both sides say they hope to reach an agreement soon on the first of six agenda items: agrarian reform.The talks recessed May 3, and Colombian analysts expressed dismay that six months at the negotiating table had yet to yield a deal on land.Jorge Torres Victoria is a commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, who uses the nom de guerre Pablo Catatumbo.He said Wednesday in Havana that negotiators are returning to the table with a "greater disposition to advance."President Juan Manuel Santos has also been optimistic that this next round of negotiations will bear fruit.The FARC formed in the 1960s and has about 9,000 members....
Laura Montoya, the first Colombian to be elevated to sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church, was generally considered crazy by the urban society she abandoned in 191...
Each name is next to a number, in black type on a thick legal document. They are the mothers and fathers, spouses, sisters and brothers of thousands of Colombians wh...
BOGOTA (AP) — Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday protested the arrests of eight Colombians on spying accusations in Venezuela , saying his government is c...
Andretti Autosport is off to a great start at Indianapolis.After four days of practice, the five teammates driving for Michael Andretti have been among the fastest c...
Patrick Corbin, not former All-Star Ian Kennedy, leads the Arizona Diamondbacks in wins. Corbin looks to add to that list when the D'backs resume a three-game series...
World No. 13 Marin Cilic was an easy opening-round winner, while Canadian slugger Milos Raonic came up a loser Monday at the Italian Masters tennis event, a clay-cou...
Lionel Messi's Barcelona season may be over because of a reoccurrence of a hamstring injury that has slowed him for more than a month.Barcelona said Tuesday that the...
Marco Andretti posted the fastest Indianapolis 500 practice speed of the month Monday, turning a fast lap of 225.100 mph on the 2.5-mile oval.It was the second strai...
American Timothy O'Neal carded a 5-under 66 on Sunday to earn a 2-shot win at the Colombian Open.O'Neal, who shared second place in Uruguay last week, finished at 16...
Journalist Ricardo Calderon has triggered some of Colombia's biggest scandals, leading to the dismissals, arrests and prosecutions of dozens of crooked, sometimes mu...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian judge sentenced a retired army colonel to 30 years in prison Wednesday for the disappearance of 11 people in 1985 when soldiers s...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has claimed to have "the key to peace" in his pocket since assuming the presidency two years ago in a nation afflicted by an i...
A new Organization of American States study commissioned in response to calls by some Latin American leaders for rethinking the drug war discusses possible decrimina...
Australia's Will Power found extra speed during Saturday morning's practice, then posted a four-lap qualifying average of 228.844 mph to tentatively grab the Indiana...
A shipment of gold valued at $625,000 vanished in a suspected heist after arriving in Miami on an American Airlines flight, authorities announced Thursday.A police r...
Highlights in the career of David Beckham, who said Thursday he will retire from soccer at the end of the season:1975 — Born May 2 in Leytonstone, East London.1991 —...
In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, thei...
The nuns' habits didn't seem to be habitual garb for three young women so Colombian police asked them to step aside when they arrived on the Caribbean island of San ...
The ITF says Brazilian tennis player Fernando Romboli has completed an 8½-month suspension for a doping violation.The International Tennis Federation says Romboli te...