Colombia

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Screengrab of a 17-second video filmed in southwestern Colombia and posted on social media on September 21.

Four men executed in Colombian mangrove forest amid wave of massacres

Screen grab of a video showing a man violently abusing a woman in Puerto Wilches, Colombia. The video was posted online on June 27.

Lockdown in Colombia leads to spike in domestic violence

Soldiers killed Oriolfo Sánchez on May 20 near Anorí in Antioquia, Colombia. The photo on the left was taken the day he was killed. The image at the right was taken the day he was buried.

Colombian soldiers kill a farmer and try to frame him as a guerilla

Screengrabs of the video (below), which was filmed in Medellin, Colombia in mid-April.

Out of work and hungry, Colombians protest during Covid-19 lockdown

Prisoners attempt to escape from La Modela prison (screengrab) in Colombia. The photo at the right shows our Observer’s cell in La Picota prison (photo taken by our Observer).

Covid-19 sparks deadly riots in Colombia’s prisons: "If the virus gets in here, we're done for"

These are screengrabs taken from videos filmed on December 10, 2019 near the Universidad Nacional de Bogota in Colombia that show police forcing young people into unmarked cars and driving off. (Videos posted on Twitter)

Colombian police force two young protesters into unmarked cars

The killing of Dilan Cruz marked a turning point in the protests in Colombia.

How a young protester's death became a symbol of police brutality in Bogota

Images taken by residents of the Policarpa neighbourhood in Bogotá, Colombia, November 21, 2019.

Colombia: Videos show night of police violence in one Bogotá neighbourhood

An 18-year-old Colombian teenager died after being shot in the head by police on November 23 in Bogota. (Credit: screengrabs of the two videos below)

Colombian teen dies after being shot in the head by police

Screengrab of the video "Summertime Latin Latas & Rotativa / Re-Conectado (Official Video)", posted on the Latin Latas YouTube page.

Colombian band using instruments made out of recycled rubbish

Journaliste Lorena Beltrán had breast reduction surgery in 2014 – but it went horribly wrong, leaving huge scars on her chest. Photo: Camilo Rozo.

How plastic surgery is killing people in Colombia

Interno - a restaurant housed in a women’s prison in Cartagena, in northern Colombia - opened its doors in December 2016. (Photo published on the "restauranteinterno" Instagram account on March 10).

Dinner is served... by Colombian prison inmates

A drone completes a test flight between Cali, Colombia and Montebello, located six kilometres away Daniel Salamanca took all the photos in this article.

How using drones could save lives in Colombia

Photo taken by the journalist Marian Torres on Monday 24 July. Photo published on her Twitter account (@mariantorres3).

VENEZUELA - COLOMBIA

Venezuelans cross over into Colombia to shop… or to start over

One of the letters written to a FARC member. Across the top, it reads, "You are not alone!"

The letters of reconciliation sent to ex-FARC fighters

OBSERVERS TAKE ACTION

Five 2016 projects to revive your faith in humanity

LATIN AMERICA /USA

Migrants journey from the Caribbean to the USA, via Brazil (Part Two)

LATIN AMERICA / USA

From the Caribbean to the USA, via Brazil: an interminable migration route

The company Conceptos Plasticos recycles plastic into construction materials to build homes.

Building homes out of recycled plastic in Colombia

Women negotiating their way across the border. Photo sent by our Observer.

Venezuelans storm Colombia border, seeking food and medicine

Locals caught in crossfire as FARC battle mega dam

FARC stronghold shaken by Colombian farmers revolt

The "spilled sandwich tray": a novel way to make money in Bogota

A historic Colombian hospital lies in ruins, squatted by its former nurses

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