Colombia

The plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out an entire Brazilian football team was running out of fuel, had no electrical power, and was preparing for an emergency landing, according to the pilot's final words.
 
The disaster on the night of Nov. 28 killed 71 people and sent shock waves round the global soccer world. 

The Congress formally ratified a revised peace agreement with Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group, capping a torturous four years of negotiations, a stunning referendum rejection, last-minute compromises and two signing ceremonies.

CSKA Sofia will give part of its revenues from hosting its next game to the family of Filipe Machado, who died in the plane crash in Colombia earlier this week.

The Colombian Senate has approved a revised peace accord between the government and the FARC rebel group, taking a first step toward ratifying an agreement that was rejected by voters.

The text, which was renegotiated after an earlier version was given a thumbs down in the Oct. 2 national referendum, now must be approved by the lower house of the Colombian Congress.

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BELGRADE - A plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team has crashed in Colombia en route to the biggest match in the team's history, killing up to 75 of the 81 people on board. Three days of national mourning have been declared.

A chartered plane carrying top-tier Brazilian football team Chapecoense to the biggest game in its history crashed in the Colombian mountains as it approached Medellin, killing 75 people on board, while six survived, authorities said Nov. 29. 

A charter plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed in the mountains in Colombia late on Nov. 28, killing 76 people, officials said. They said five survived the disaster.

A plane carrying 81 people, including members of a Brazilian football team, crashed late on Nov. 28 near the Colombian city of Medellin, officials said.

A plane transporting a Brazilian soccer team to Medellin’s international airport in Colombia crashed overnight, officials said.
Authorities are responding to the plane crash at a hill in La Union, according to the Jose Maria Cordovaairport’s Twitter page.  The municipality is roughly two dozen miles from the airport.

Colombia's government and FARC rebels signed a controversial revised peace accord Nov. 24 to end their half-century conflict, set to be ratified in Congress despite bitter opposition.

President Juan Manuel Santos and guerrilla leader Rodrigo "Timochenko" Londono signed the new deal with a pen made from a spent bullet, in a low-key ceremony in the capital Bogota.