Aug 29 Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again By Associated Press The rebels say conservative President Ivan Duque failed to guarantee their political rights after the signing of a landmark peace deal. Continue reading
Jul 28 Egan Bernal wins Tour de France By John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press On the Champs-Elysees fittingly bathed in the yellow of a golden dusk, a Tour de France for the ages crowned a champion of an unusually young age on Sunday: 22-year-old Egan Bernal, South America's first winner of cycling's greatest race. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 8:38 How Colombia’s foreign minister sees chaos in Venezuela, fragile peace at home It's been three years since a groundbreaking peace deal between the Colombian government and FARC rebels. The agreement opened the door for land reform, political participation for ex-rebels and a crackdown on drug trafficking. But most of those problems remain,… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 9:38 Families of Colombia’s disappeared endure ‘never-ending grief’ and a wrenching search In Colombia, an estimated 83,000 people have been forcibly disappeared since 1958. But peace accords between the government and the FARC, the country’s largest guerrilla group, in 2016 mandated that finding the missing was a necessary step toward reconciliation. Special… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch 25:02 February 23, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, Feb. 23, clashes at the Venezuelan border as protestors try to escort humanitarian aid into the country and President Maduro breaks diplomatic relations with Colombia, strong words at the sexual abuse summit at the Vatican,… Continue watching
Feb 23 Watch 6:37 Violence at the Venezuelan border, humanitarian aid blocked The Venezuelan National Guard clashed with protesters on Saturday and humanitarian aid was blocked from entering the country from Colombia and Brazil. For the latest on Venezuela's continuing political crisis, Hari Sreenivasan spoke with special correspondent Nadja Drost from Urena,… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 25:00 February 17, 2019 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 17, ISIS spreads its footprint in West Africa, Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis deepens as aid sits across the border in Colombia, and an Oscar-nominated film delves into end-of-life care for terminally ill patients. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Feb 08 Volunteers prepare U.S. aid for Venezuela amid political turmoil By Christine Armario, Scott Smith, Associated Press The emergency supplies have become the focus of Venezuela's political struggle between President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido. Continue reading
Feb 06 Venezuela military blocks bridge in attempt to impede U.S.-backed aid By Christine Armario, Scott Smith, Associated Press The squabble is now the latest front in the battle between opposition leader Juan and President Nicolas Maduro, who is vowing not to let the supplies enter the country. Maduro argues Venezuela isn't a nation of "beggars" and has long… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 4:01 News Wrap: Death toll in Colombia car bombing rises to 21 In our news wrap Friday, the death toll from a car bombing in Bogota, Colombia, rose to 21. Dozens of others were wounded in the country's deadliest attack in 15 years. Officials said the bomber was a member of rebel… Continue watching