A shale-drilling frenzy in Argentina has put the country on the verge of leapfrogging regional rival Colombia as a top-three crude producer in South America. Drilling activity is accelerating in ...

Cartagena's pastel print streets Credit: Alamy Only the Bible is believed to have sold more copies in the Spanish language, and when Márquez died in 2014, aged 87, Colombia’s President Juan ...

Earlier this year, a Norwegian man dubbed "The Profesor" who is accused of leading a crime ring that trafficked cocaine from South America to Europe on sailboats was captured in Colombia.

A male humpback has completed the longest recorded migration for a whale from South America to Africa. Scientists explain why ...

For centuries, spectacled bears, named for the cream-coloured rings around their eyes, have roamed the high-altitude moors ...