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The governing body of the International Civil Aviation Organization appoints Juan Carlos Salazar of Colombia as the new Secretary-General of the Organization succeeding Fang Liu of China.
2021-02-25

Malaysia reports its first pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus.
2016-09-7

Colombian authorities are investigating the discovery of at least 100 dismembered bodies in a sewer system underneath La Modelo prison in Bogotá. Officials say the practice of killing, dismembering, and tossing body parts into drains might have also happened at prisons in other cities, e.g., Popayán, Bucaramanga and Barranquilla. The victims include inmates, visitors, and others.
2016-02-17

Puerto Rico declares a state of emergency due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak. At least 22 people have been reported to have been infected with the Zika virus in the U.S. territory.
2016-02-5

The Government of Honduras declares a state of emergency with 3,649 suspected cases of the Zika virus in the past three months.
2016-02-2

More than 2,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
2016-01-30

Jamaican health officials confirm the country's first case of the Zika virus in a 4-year-old child who recently returned from a trip to Texas.
2016-01-30

Virologists find the Zika virus in Australian tourists returning from South America.
2016-01-26

At least 11 Colombian Army soldiers and one policeman have been killed in an ELN attack in northeast Colombia.
2015-10-26

Scientists find evidence that 250 rare Caquetá Titi monkeys survive in Colombia.
2010-08-13