Juan Diego Quesada

The official is leading the green revolution that President Gustavo Petro has in mind, getting rid of oil and coal

The former president of Colombia — who governed from 2002 until 2010 — is set to go on trial

According to a source, the six men — who were being held in Guayaquil’s Litoral prison — were hanged in a cellblock

Poverty, exclusion and violence: this is the story behind Johan David Castillo and the other assassins who were hired to kill Fernando Villavicencio

The United Nations will manage the process, which could advance talks in Mexico to resolve the country’s political and social crisis

For the moment, the four siblings whose fate captivated the world remain in the state’s custody after being rescued

The building was once the main attraction of narco tourism in the Colombian city

The president of the Venezuelan Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez, and Juan Gonzalez, advisor to Biden, met three weeks ago in the Gulf nation, which is unexpectedly assuming a leading mediation role

Producers from around the world are negotiating substantial contracts with the family’s lawyers to bring the gripping tale of survival to the screen

Pedro Sánchez, the special forces general who led the search, never lost hope of finding them alive in the Amazon

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

The eldest of the siblings looked after the others, and kept them alive thanks to what she had learned from growing up in the rainforest

‘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

Caught in the crossfire between his two closest confidants and fixated on conspiracies, the leftist leader is unable to get anything done

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

The former guerilla met with the U.S. president to discuss the war on drugs, conserving the Amazon and the situation in Venezuela

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

General Henry Sanabria claimed to have seen Satan himself and was an outspoken critic of contraception, homosexuality and the rights of women

The attack that left nine soldiers dead is endangering the entire foundation of the president’s strategy to end violence in the country

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

At least two people are dead and 30 injured following clashes between protesters and law enforcement across the country