News stories by Helda Martinez

IBAGUÉ, Colombia, Apr 08 (IPS) - "Things are getting worse and worse," Enrique Muñoz, a 67-year-old farmer from the municipality of Cajamarca in the central Colombian department of Tolima, once known as the country's breadbasket, said sadly.

CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia, Feb 01 (IPS) - The government of this historic walled city, a bastion of tourism on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, is widening beaches and building dual carriageways on its north side to protect against the ever-worsening impacts of climate change.

BOGOTÁ, Jul 11 (IPS) - Nobody will ever know if Jhon Jairo Echenique decided to take his own life out of remorse, fear or mental illness. But the suicide followed his arrest for the stabbing and burning with acid of his 19-year-old former girlfriend Angélica Gutiérrez.