Melanie Bencosme is currently pursuing a master’s degree in international journalism from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. There she has written for publications like the International Business Times, Voices of NY and local publication, The Nabe. She has also produced and edited content for and hosted the show 219 West for CUNY-TV.
The framework for emerging peace talks with the ELN rebel group, Colombia’s second largest, will resemble those put in place for ongoing negotiations with the FARC, its largest, according to…
Francisco Santos, Colombia’s former vice president and past presidential hopeful, announced his candidacy for mayor of the capital Bogota in the coming 2015 elections.
A forest fire in the north-eastern municipality of Piedecuesta in Colombia’s Santander state lasted two days and burned 75 acres of land, local media reported on Tuesday.