Experts raise the alarm over how declining vaccination rates in South America’s largest country will impact children.


Experts raise the alarm over how declining vaccination rates in South America’s largest country will impact children.

Colombians will head to the polls on May 29 to elect their next president after an often heated and divisive campaign.

Election results show a polarised country, with no coalition able to form a majority in Congress.

Sunday’s polls could launch political change in the historically conservative country before May’s presidential vote.

Following a trend across Latin America, Colombia decriminalises abortion – making it legal up to 24 weeks.

With shifting migratory controls, ‘coyotes’ are charging ever-higher prices to facilitate border journeys to the US.

President says Otoniel’s arrest is the biggest blow to drug trafficking in Colombia since Pablo Escobar’s death.

As avocados replace coffee crops in many parts of Colombia, scientists warn there are consequences for wildlife.
![The avocado's rapid expansion in Colombia began in 2014 when farmers exported 1,408 tonnes of Hass avocados, and the industry has since exploded, reaching a record high of 544,933 tonnes exported in 2020, Colombian government figures show [Megan Janetsky/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_2846.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to worsen existing gender gaps and erase progress made by Latin American women workers.
![House cleaner Rosa Beltran is one of the many women in Latin America who make their living through informal work — and for whom the pandemic has worsened already difficult and unequal labour conditions [Megan Janetsky/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ROSA_3.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Ex-FARC and right-wing paramilitary leaders testify as part of Truth Commission into country’s decades-long conflict.
![People attend the testimonies of former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel leader Rodrigo Londono and former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso at the country's Truth Commission in Bogota on August 4 [Nathalia Angarita/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-08-04T163328Z_624183881_RC2FYO9EB593_RTRMADP_3_COLOMBIA-PEACE.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)