Colombia's Oscar hope: biopic of a drug lord
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'El Rey' tells the fictionalized story of a legendary Colombian drug lord who rose to power in the 1970s.
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The story of a boy born into captivity in the South American jungle has riveted people for more than a year in Colombia, striking a nerve in a country numbed by 40 years of political violence.
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A Colombian court approved the extradition to the United States of one of the South American nation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smuggling charges.
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BOGOTA -- One of Colombia's biggest drug traffickers, in an interview broadcast yesterday, claimed credit for the 1993 killing of rival drug lord Pablo Escobar, saying he supplied police with a tracking device that allowed them to hunt down the Medellin drug cartel leader.
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Few people have seen the 3-year-old boy born in captivity to a Colombian politician kidnapped by Latin America's biggest guerrilla army five years ago.
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As America's appetite for coke fades, Guinea Bissau has become a key transit point for Colombia's narco-traffickers with an eye on the growing European market
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Colombian police arrest a Guatemalan suspected drug baron who has been on the run for two years.
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It is hard to picture Hollywood's  favorite Latin hunk as the director behind "El Camino de los  Ingleses" ("The English Path"), which opens in Spain this week.
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With its fearsome record of kidnapping and violence, Colombia's largest guerrilla army might seem a nightmare group to encounter. But not to Oliver Stone.
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Polished rosewood and an  artist's deft touch are all Colombian craftsman Luis Alberto  Paredes needs to turn tools of death into symbols of hope.
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As a child, Oscar Torres fled the civil war in his homeland. Now he has brought his story home as a new film, "Innocent Voices," opened before enthusiastic crowds in the nation's capital.
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President Alvaro Uribe flew to Washington on Wednesday hoping to revive Colombia's trade accord with the U.S., but he could also face a move in Congress to slash anti-drug aid for the world's largest producer of cocaine.
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The story of one of the biggest drug busts in U.S. history, subject of the Oscar-winning feature "The French Connection," is coming to television.
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LOS ANGELES  - The wave of Latin  American movies is one that can be compared to other great film  movements, says "The Motorcycle Diaries" director Walter  Salles.
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Three films about Pablo Escobar hitting the American Film Market will create another chapter in the cinematic love story with gangsters.
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At the age of 12 Oscar Torres joined a guerilla army in his native El Salvador. A new film based on his story highlights the plight of child soldiers now fighting in more than 20 conflicts around the world.
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Film star Clint Eastwood is to receive the Motion Picture Association of America's first ever humanitarian award.