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New legal pathways could relieve pressure on the U.S. southern border...

A recent documentary by CNN featured some of its reporters making the trek through the dangerous Darien Gap -- a jungle that separates Colombia...

Colombian churches help Venezuelan soldiers who have deserted

CUCUTA, Colombia — Pvt. Andry Rosales hugged a Colombian soldier and broke into tears as he surrendered himself to this country’s military. The 21-year-old Venezuelan...

Colombian coroner offers free burials to destitute Venezuelan migrants

RIOHACHA, Colombia — It’s midafternoon and the cemetery known as People Like Us is eerily quiet. As the corpse of Eduardo Sanchez is removed from...

Consolata priest helps Colombians find forgiveness after long war

BOGOTA, Colombia — If Colombians truly seek peace, they must give up vengeance and seek reconciliation by forgiving themselves and one another, said a...

Latin Americans: Capture spirit of ‘68 Medellin meeting, focus on youth

MEDELLIN, Colombia — The Catholic Church in Latin America must return to the principles of a 1968 conference that shifted the church’s emphasis toward...

‘We didn’t have food,’ say Venezuelan families at Colombian shelter

BOGOTA, Colombia — Asiangelis Guevara sat at the dining room table at a shelter for migrants, sipping hot chocolate, holding her year-old son and...

After Colombian election, church official urges talks with ex-guerrillas

CUCUTA, Colombia — The director of Caritas Colombia has called for dialogue between the country’s new president-elect and former leftist guerrillas to prevent the...

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