Soon Europeans may become acquainted with Juan Valdez, a moustachioed man with a poncho and a mule.

At his nondescript clothes shop in Bogotá, Miguel Caballero has shot most of his employees.

Medellín was once the home of one of Colombia's most notorious drug cartels.

Enrique Peñalosa transformed Bogotá during his three terms as mayor of the Colombian capital.

Cable cars are normally used by skiers and tourists, but in Colombia they are used to transport the masses.

In the 1980s the only deals being done in Cartagena were for cocaine.