A new report by the International Labour Organization and Unicef reveals that 138 million children were engaged in child labour in 2024, with 54 million trapped in hazardous work. The report warns ...

Cumbia, banda, bolero, merengue, balada and Andean folk all play a part in the Moms Clean Air Force/EcoMadres initiative engaging families in environmental advocacy.

According to the Colombian Ombudsman's Office, 409 children and teenagers were recruited by armed groups in 2024.

Decades after drug lord Pablo Escobar notoriously built a small army of child hitmen to murder police officers, judges and ...

Colombian authorities have charged a 15-year-old with attempted murder for the assasination attempt on Miguel Uribe, the ...

Mexico’s security chief says that the country's most powerful drug cartels are recruiting former Colombian soldiers, leading ...

Colombian mercenaries are being lured to Mexico to fight for powerful drug trafficking groups such as the Jalisco New ...

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s been almost nine years since Colombia celebrated a landmark peace agreement between one guerrilla group and the government, and three years since President Gustavo Petro vowed ...

As the armed groups have sought foot soldiers to advance their quest for territory, the rate of child recruitment in Colombia has reached its highest point in more than a decade. Between 2021 and 2024 ...

forced labour and child recruitment. Armed groups vying for control of Colombia’s resource-rich Catatumbo region, near the Venezuelan border, are committing serious human rights violations ...