The head of the charter airline whose plane crashed in the Andes last week has been detained by Bolivian prosecutors for questioning.

It's been 23 years, so who has claimed Pablo Escobar's crown? This is who has taken over the notorious Colombian drug overlord's trade.

Bolivia's aviation authority has suspended the licence of the airline behind the horrific plane crash as blame shifted to the pilot and co-owner of the airline.

Heartbreaking video footage from inside the plane that crashed this week showed the co-pilot and team members speaking at their excitement about the trip.

The desperate last words of the pilot flying the doomed jet carrying a Brazilian football team have emerged.

An Australian comedian has been forced to apologise after he tweeted an off-colour joke about a plane crash that killed 71 people

Video shows a plane full of joking, laughing footballers preparing for takeoff. Soon after it was taken, almost all of them were killed.

Investigators already have an idea of what's to blame for the plane crash tragedy that killed 71 passengers, including a beloved football team.

Airplane travel is a routine part of athletes' lives, but when something goes awry, sports fans and the families of those lost never forget.

The footballers of Chapecoense changed to the doomed plane after Brazilian officials prevented them from taking a charter flight, it has been claimed.

The Colombian came fourth in the 63kg event at the Rio Olympics, yet her enthusiasm was not dimmed.

The parents of little Elisa, 11, erected a fence around their northern beaches home after she escaped earlier this year, it has been revealed.

Colombian voters rejected a peace deal with Farc rebels in a surprise outcome that risks prolonging a 52-year-old conflict.

Colombians voted today in a historic referendum on whether to end the longest running civil war in the West.

On the eve of a historic vote expected to end Colombia's 52-year conflict with the FARC, rebels prepare to reenter a world very different from the one they left.

Colombia's war has displaced seven million people but even with a peace agreement looming many victims of the 52-year conflict are wary of returning to their farms and villages.

Agreement on a definitive ceasefire is one of the last steps towards ending Latin America's longest civil war.

Cafes, culture and art - it's all do-able in a whistle-stop tour of Bogota.

A Spanish ship that went down off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago is believed to have been carrying 11 million gold coins - possibly worth billions.

Colombia has found the wreck of a Spanish galleon thought to be laden with emeralds and gold and silver coins, President Juan Manuel Santos says.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has said the new embassy set to open in Bogota reflects the country's increasingly close relationship with NZ.

A mother and her infant son who disappeared in a plane crash in the dense jungles of northwestern Colombia several days ago have been found alive.

A Wellington Zoo staff member has travelled to Colombia to help a local conservation group care for endangered primates.

Tourists captured the dramatic rescue of a giant 16 foot-long anaconda, which had become trapped in bushes behind a resort in Colombia.

Simon Willis tries to keep up with the horsemen of Los Llanos.

Current Miss Universe now has the opportunity to help stop fighting in her home country of Colombia.

Your Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks with Maria Benavides of Mochila Bags.

A $611 million unsolicited takeover proposal for Chiquita Brands could lead to the scrapping of its pending merger with Irish competitor Fyffes.

Chris Leadbeater explores Colombia's mysterious interior and encounters the remnants of a forgotten civilisation.