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
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the young Colombian singer and Latin Grammy winner spoke about her creative process, the importance of her Latin roots, and the release of her first album
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
A court finds that the judge who sentenced the former Colombian president erred in ordering his house arrest
Some 40% of the country’s wealthiest 0.01% have admitted to evading taxes. To pay less, they hide their money in tax havens and create companies or trusts that make it difficult to track their assets. Each year, tax evasion in Colombia amounts to 8% of GDP, or more than $130 billion
Judge Sandra Heredia wants the sentence to be applied immediately in what has become the most significant court case in recent Colombian history. But his defense said they will appeal
American officials and senators back the accusations about the ‘weaponization of the judiciary.’ Gustavo Petro replies that these remarks are ‘an intrusion into national sovereignty’
The foreign minister resigns, a diplomatic conflict with the US shows no signs of abating, and the justice system requests the arrest of the highest-ranking former government official over corruption
The remote-controlled submersible, with the capacity to transport over 1.5 tons of cocaine, is the first of its kind located in national waters. It had antennas, surveillance cameras and a Starlink modem to link to satellite internet
