EL PAÍS speaks with the indigenous volunteers who located the minors, a soldier who rappelled into the forest to find them and the commander leading the search effort about the trials of the 40-day mission
‘Today they are the children of peace and the children of Colombia”, said President Gustavo Petro, underscoring that the fact they were from an indigenous family helped them navigate the surrounding dangers
Pedro Sánchez, commander of special forces, is in charge of the search for four minors who went missing a month ago, when their plane crashed in the Colombian rainforest
The father fled his town in the Amazon after receiving threats, and his wife and children were on their way to meet him when the plane they were traveling in crashed. Eighteen days later, the minors have still not been found
President Petro tweeted that the siblings, who disappeared after a plane crash on May 1, were found alive. But neither civilian aviation nor defense officials have confirmed it, and he has posted an apology for his original, unconfirmed announcement
The coalition, headed by prominent opposition leaders Timoteo Zambrano, Antonio Ecarri and Luis Augusto Romero, will comprise anti-Chavistas and dissidents from the ruling party
Josep Borrell, who was in Colombia for a summit on the Venezuela crisis, considers that a window of opportunity has opened to hold fair elections in the country
Six months after the assassination of Colombian journalist Rafael Moreno, 30 journalists, coordinated by Forbidden Stories, pursued his investigations into allegations of wide-scale corruption in the province of Córdoba, revealing a system of cronyism in public works contracts potentially to the tune of several million dollars
Thousands of people are pouring into the capital from all corners of the country to demand an end to protester deaths and ask for Dina Boluarte’s resignation
President Dina Boluarte – who was sworn in last week – has adopted the measure for the next 30 days, after at least seven people were killed in clashes between police and rioters
Arrested following a failed coup attempt, the former president is convinced he is a victim of political persecution and will be reinstated despite facing up to 50 years in jail
The arrest of the former Peruvian president – impeached after attempting to shutter Congress – is another surprise in a long trail of short-lived governments
In a conversation with EL PAÍS, the main adviser to Pedro Castillo provides an account of the three hours during which the head of state tried to revert the constitutional order
Both parties are requesting that the international community lift sanctions on the Maduro government, so that $5 billion in frozen state monies held abroad can be released
Favored by the international context, the Bolivarian leader is being courted again after three years of harsh criticism. At the Egypt gathering, he exchanged words with Emmanuel Macron, John Kerry and Gustavo Petro
Without the support of the other opposition parties and with Washington becoming increasingly distant, the days appear numbered for Venezuela’s interim government