'Now they can do it too.'

The old habits are supposed to be the hardest to kick.

Colombia will become Nato's first partner in Latin America in recognition of the country's battle-tested military.

The United Nations cultural agency has called on Colombia not to commercially exploit the 300-year-old wreck of the Spanish galleon San Jose, which is believed to contain a cargo worth billions of pounds.

A pilot who once smuggled tonnes of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami’s "cocaine cowboys" era in the 1980s has been convicted of playing a key role in a fraud ring that stole at least 150 cars using a fake paper trail.

A major rescue operation is under way in Colombia after a tourist boat with about 150 people on board sank near Medellin.

Lines of people quietly walked the streets of Mocoa, followed by hearses carrying coffins, as the survivors of the deadly flood that hit the city in Colombia buried their loved ones.

Residents are desperately searching their ruined homes and a local hospital for loved ones after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through a city in southern Colombia, killing more than 200.

Almost 7,000 members of Colombia's largest rebel group have arrived in special transition zones to begin disarming, completing a key step in a revised peace deal that seeks to end more than five decades of armed conflict.

United Nations observers are in hot water in Colombia over a video showing them dancing with leftist rebels while deployed to watch over the guerrillas as part of a peace deal.

The bodies of 71 people killed in a plane crash in Colombia that devastated a Brazilian football team have returned home.

The death toll from the Colombian plane crash tragedy has dropped to 71 from 75, as authorities said four fewer people were on board the aircraft than originally thought.

Scientists are to release mosquitoes in Colombia and Brazil carrying a bacteria which could "significantly reduce" the insects' ability to transmit viruses like Zika to humans.

Colombian voters appear to have rejected a peace deal with the country's largest rebel movement by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum, delivering a major shock to the war-torn nation.

The commander of Colombia's biggest rebel movement said its fighters will permanently cease hostilities with the government beginning with the first minute of Monday, as a result of their peace accord for ending five decades of war.

Three fans were killed when violence broke out during Colombia's celebration of victory in the South American club football championship.

Colombian authorities say they have made the biggest cocaine seizure in the country's history.

While I have only been loosely following financial markets over the last three weeks — after all, in the short-term it is all just noise — my three weeks in Colombia have provided me with new perspectives and insights that I look forward to sharing in the coming weeks.

More than 3,000 pregnant women in Colombia have the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is linked to birth defects.

Three people have died in Colombia after contracting the Zika virus and developing a rare nerve disorder.

Eamon Gilmore believes Europe can offer tangible support to Colombia as it embarks on its peace process, writes Ann Cahill Europe Correspondent

Colombia plans to legalise the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medicinal purposes.

One of Colombia’s most-hunted drug traffickers, Victor Navarro, has been killed in combat.

The former Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has been given a new role, as a peace envoy in Colombia.

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and the top Farc rebel commander have pledged to end the 50-year war within the next six months, sealing their pact with a handshake likely to stand as a lasting image in the South American nation.

A small plane assigned to the crew of a movie starring Tom Cruise has crashed in the Colombian Andes, killing two people and seriously injuring a third.

Sixteen Colombian police officers died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed while taking part in a manhunt for the nation’s most-wanted drug trafficker.

Substitute Carlos Tevez scored the decisive spot kick as Argentina earned a penalty shootout victory over Colombia in Vina del Mar to seal their place in the Copa America semi-finals.

Colombia got their Copa America campaign up and running with a 1-0 victory over Brazil in Group C last night.

Colombia’s largest rebel group is ending a unilateral ceasefire in response to a military raid on a guerrilla camp that killed 26 of its fighters.

Colombians are celebrating the miracle rescue of an 11-month-old baby who survived a massive mudslide that killed at least 78 people – including 15 of the child’s relatives.

Colombians are celebrating the miracle rescue of an 11-month-old baby who survived a massive mudslide that killed at least 78 people – including 15 of the child’s relatives.

A roaring avalanche of mud and debris has devastated a mountain town in western Colombia, killing at least 49 people in a flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains.

Colombian police say they have caught a 78-year-old Spaniard trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country in his belly.