The far-right presidential candidate took advantage of growing polarization and the referendum-like nature of the vote to concentrate in a single candidacy what had been divided four years ago
With the left and right blocks already consolidated, both candidates now face the challenge of wooing the unconvinced citizens in time for the second round of voting
Gustavo Petro and Delcy Rodríguez’s decision to ‘immediately’ start exchanging intelligence is a declaration of war on guerrilla groups that threaten Washington’s interests
The increase in the minimum wage, the fiscal deficit, or taxes imposed by decree are overshadowing issues like security or corruption
The Colombian president has received a temporary permit for his meeting with the Republican, scheduled for next Tuesday
The former vice president of Colombia, who is a leading security experts in Latin America, analyzes the critical moment the region is facing and its key challenges
The Colombian president responded with belligerence to the US leader’s threat to attack the South American country over drug trafficking
The operation by the now-defunct M-19 guerrilla group in the heart of Bogotá, and the military response to it, left a hundred dead, a dozen missing, and a decimated judicial leadership
The veteran senator doubled Carolina Corcho’s lead at a vote organized by the Historic Pact, a center-left to far-left coalition
The US president calls the Colombian leader a ‘thug’ and a ‘bad guy,’ and Petro announces legal action for slander
The South American nation is anxiously waiting to see if Donald Trump will impose new tariffs, as he has threatened to do over his clashes with the Colombian president
The US president has announced that tariffs will soon be imposed on the South American country
The explosive attack on a military base in Cali and the downing of a police helicopter in Antioquia, both by FARC dissidents, have highlighted the nation’s instability
A court finds that the judge who sentenced the former Colombian president erred in ordering his house arrest
The death of the senator and presidential candidate for the Democratic Center adds to the first-instance conviction of former president Álvaro Uribe
The assault on the conservative senator, who was hoping to run for president, is reminiscent of the murders of five presidential candidates between 1986 and 1990
Felipe Chapman and Foreign Affairs Minister Javier Martínez-Acha discussed Trump’s claim over the canal at the International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean
The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela presented a united front following a diplomatic row over the incapacitation of the most visible opposition candidate for the Venezuelan presidential election
Colombia has demanded an apology and will expel diplomats after the Argentine president called Gustavo Petro a ‘terrorist murderer’ during an interview with CNN
The EU, the United States and even leftist governments from Brazil and Colombia reacted negatively to difficulties placed in the way of the opposition to register candidates for the July 28 election
The most populous department in Colombia has sworn in two strong critics of the president as leaders
The renowned general was part of the siege that resulted in the drug capo’s death and subsequently, as police commander, he sought to confront the legacy of the most notorious narco in Colombia’s history
Candidates from more traditional political backgrounds triumphed in the main mayoral and gubernatorial races, led by Carlos Fernando Galán’s resounding victory in Bogotá
The son of President Gustavo Petro and his ex-wife sought easy profit by taking advantage of their political and family relationships
The assassination of the Ecuadorian presidential candidate has revealed the scope of the criminal network gripping the country, where Mexican cartels and Colombian hitmen have gained a foothold
Otoniel, the ex-leader of the Gulf Clan, was sentenced in the US on the same day that former paramilitary commander Hernán Giraldo was expelled from the country’s justice and peace process
An ambitious government, with political and economic achievements in its first semester, lost momentum in its second, which has been full of scandals, political conflict and mistrust