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
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
Pedro Castillo ended up under arrest and charged with rebellion after his failed attempt to dissolve Congress and install an emergency government
The Chavista president clearly stated his demands for making progress at ongoing talks with the opposition in Mexico
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
The losing battle against drug trafficking has opened a debate on the decriminalization of the consumption of the narcotic
The newly-elected President of Colombia participated in a forum organized by EL PAÍS and the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce in New York City
A woman who charmed her way into Italian high society was collecting intelligence about NATO for her Moscow spymasters
Eduardo Zapateiro had publicly criticized the leftist leader, who has vowed to crack down on corruption in the armed forces
In his first interview with an international media outlet, the president-elect talks about the dangers his government faces and reveals the keys to his ambitious plans for tax and land reform, the military, the fight against drugs and the Church’s role
From his militancy in M-19, where he named himself after a character in ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude,’ to his exile in Belgium, the 62-year-old’s journey to this point has been something of an odyssey. Will he be able to defeat Rodolfo Hernández at Sunday’s election?
The conflict between the different guerilla factions turned drug traffickers makes this one of the world’s most murderous cities