Recently acquitted of all charges in the ‘trial of the century’ that pitted him against the leftist senator Iván Cepeda, the right-wing former president now loses the momentum he had gained as a new election campaign gets underway
The president rejects calls to suspend military action against armed groups, saying it would be like helping them recruit more children
The veteran senator doubled Carolina Corcho’s lead at a vote organized by the Historic Pact, a center-left to far-left coalition
President Gustavo Petro suspects that at least one of the US attacks in the Caribbean occurred in Colombian waters
The Trump administration issued a waiver of sanctions that would have triggered major aid cuts, but President Gustavo Petro must deal with the consequences of this new stigma in the final stretch of his term
The fatal attack on 13 police in an anti-narcotics helicopter illustrates the threat these devices pose in the hands of former FARC guerillas
The Gustavo Petro administration attributes the attack that left six dead in Cali to the leader of the FARC dissidents of the Central General Staff, which it now considers a terrorist organization
Gustavo Petro gave his Independence Day speech in the port of Leticia, across from a disputed enclave on the Amazon River, while a Peruvian delegation visited the site in a display of sovereignty
Kristi Noem meets with the Colombian president and exchanges words of praise with the foreign minister, Laura Sarabia. Both countries signed a deal for biometric data cooperation
Former presidents and ministers from the left and right, plus the financial elites, closed ranks around the Petro administration so that the US would not impose economic sanctions
Amazonian organizations and the Inter-American Development Bank announce the first projects of the Amazon for Life fund in Cali
The executive director of Human Rights Watch says the governments of Colombia and Panama must address the crimes against women on one of the most dangerous routes in the world
The story of José Arón Medina and Alexander Ante, who fought in the war in Ukraine before stopping in Venezuela on their way home, remains shrouded in mystery
President Gustavo Petro has opened the door to dialogue with the largest drug trafficking organization in the country, which presents itself as a ‘political-military organization’
The country now has more motorcycles than cars, posing a growing public health issue
In an upcoming book, the released German-Colombian former drug lord addresses dirty money in political campaigns, the pacts made between the Medellín Cartel and the guerrillas, as well as the complicity of the governments of Nicaragua, Cuba and Panama in the drug trade
The Colombian president left Guatemala City to an ovation after refusing to leave until the inauguration of his counterpart had gone ahead
The president of Colombia has reached his lowest ratings since assuming office
The Historic Pact for Colombia — the diverse left-wing coalition that brought Petro to power — faces the choice of either merging into a single party, or risk disappearing
Amidst political gridlock, the leftist leader has changed his strategy. This past week, he met with former right-wing president Álvaro Uribe and a group of business leaders
President Gustavo Petro wants results in the short term, and will not hesitate to dispense with whoever is necessary
The ELN guerrilla organization refuses to renounce a practice that has affected more than 50,000 victims in recent decades
Human Rights Watch warns that the Colombia-Panama border situation stems from ineffective regional migration policies
‘Nido,’ the new graphic novel by illustrator Laura Guarisco, presents a moving portrait of migration and diaspora
The nation mourns the passing of the painter and sculptor who became world-famous with his large, rotund figures
The number of planted hectares went from 204,000 to 230,000 during 2022, while the tonnage of drugs that has been produced reached 1,738, the highest figures ever recorded
The president of Mexico will fly to visit the Colombian president. They will jointly hear the conclusions stemming from a Latin American summit on narcotics that begins on September 7