The short-lived but high-impact abduction of a senator is just one of the daily events that are shaking up ‘the most open election in years’
Between international forums, visits to coffee plantations and meetings with ex-combatants, the statesman reflects on peace, Venezuela, Trump, Petro and global chaos
Gustavo Petro has denounced a new assassination attempt and a failed plot to link him to drugs ahead of his successful meeting with Donald Trump
The highly anticipated get-together exceeded the expectations of the Colombian leader, four months before the presidential election that will define the continuity of his political project
The main challenge, according to aides of the Colombian president, was convincing him to take concrete proposals to Washington, avoid being provocative, and not let himself be provoked
The remains of the religious leader, who was killed in his first battle as an ELN guerrilla, were missing for 60 years. During this period of time, his memory and legacy have been invoked either to justify the armed struggle in the country, or to criticize it
Around eight million citizens of the South American country live abroad. Some fled the political repression of Chavismo. Others simply sought a way out of economic hardship. They have spread throughout the world, although most remain in Latin America. This is the story of 11 of them
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Colombian president acknowledges that he feared being captured like Maduro, but believes that the call with the tycoon ‘froze’ the threat
Following a meeting between the leftist presidential candidate and a business association, supporters of former president Alvaro Uribe are urging the private sector to abandon its traditional caution
The petition was sent to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and is the first of its kind in connection with attacks against alleged drug-running boats
The Colombian president responded with belligerence to the US leader’s threat to attack the South American country over drug trafficking
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
An EL PAÍS exclusive reveals the hidden figure that symbolizes the failure of the world’s largest producer to accurately measure its own production
Gustavo Petro has suspended the sending of confidential information to the Donald Trump administration, but Washington was already offering little cooperation to Bogotá and other key allies
With high-quality ingredients, sophisticated distillation processes and new ways to enjoy it, the Colombian spirit seeks a place on the global stage
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
Figures from the global far right, the libertarian movement, evangelical churches, and retired military officers took the stage at an event that drew 15,000 people
The senator of Colombian descent and the representative from Florida are the most visible faces of the effort to undermine Colombia’s political left ahead of presidential elections
The veteran senator doubled Carolina Corcho’s lead at a vote organized by the Historic Pact, a center-left to far-left coalition
Jeison Obando Pérez is recovering in a Bogotá hospital from injuries he sustained in the attack, and will likely be released despite US demands for his arrest
The US president calls the Colombian leader a ‘thug’ and a ‘bad guy,’ and Petro announces legal action for slander
The necklace and earrings that belonged to Marie Louise of Austria, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife, contain gems extracted from the municipality of Muzo, in the department of Boyacá
The right-wing leader has been acquitted on appeal nearly three months after the initial 12-year sentence; victims plan to appeal to the Supreme Court for a final ruling
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
Gustavo Petro’s government orders the return of Daniel García-Peña to Bogotá, following the recent clash with the Trump administration
The story of the co-founder of the criminal gang, who has been imprisoned in Bogotá since June 2024, reveals how he turned Colombia into the group’s operational hub and financial refuge
