Colombians have been voting to renew their scandal-tainted Congress in an election that was peaceful but carried the prospect of fraud bankrolled by wealthy narcotraffickers, observers warned. Polls closed at 4:00 pm (2100 GMT), eight hours after they first opened, allowing 29.8 million voters to pick 102 senators, 166 members and five representatives to Congress. Despite the continued ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC guerrillas have issued coordinates for the release of two soldiers held in rebel camps deep in the jungles, a leftist senator involved in mediation efforts said on Thursday. Pablo Emilio Moncayo, held hostage for a dozen years, and Josue Daniel Calvo are now closer to freedom after their handover became mired in wrangling between the ...

President Barack Obama is applauding Colombian President Alvaro Uribe for accepting a court decision that prevents him from running for a third term. Obama says Uribe's respectful heeding of the Feb. 26 ruling by the Colombian Constitutional Court "will resonate in the Americas" as an "invaluable ...