Juan Esteban Lewin

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

The admission to the Attorney General’s office could compromise President Gustavo Petro’s position

The community, which is celebrating International Pride Day, has been hit by both the rise of the far right and hate speech in democratic countries and by the wave of religious extremism in authoritarian regimes

Feminist organizations are concerned about how a recent judgment may undermine reproductive rights in the country

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate defends his theory of the ‘three zeros’: zero climate change, zero concentration of wealth and zero unemployment

The Nobel Peace Prize winner and ex-president sat down with EL PAÍS to discuss, among other things, Venezuela and Nicaragua, ending drug prohibition and Colombia’s ongoing peace process