Bogotá

Search operations continue as authorities try to find the roughly 200 people who remain missing. A US agency estimates that reconstruction will probably require between $1 billion and $10 billion

Abelardo de la Espriella begins his presidency dealing with the aftermath of a natural disaster that will test his leadership skills

The tremors began at 7.35 am and lasted four minutes. The mayor of Cali, where structures have collapsed, has asked people to walk out of buildings if they see any cracks

The South American country is moving from a left-wing government to a right-wing one, as has happened across much of the Americas. The new president, with no background in government work, is facing a cocktail of challenges that would be demanding for any experienced leader

Gustavo Petro is spending his last day as president after a term filled with promises, noise and controversy

Colombia’s president-elect announces the closure of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace and three additional entities created to carry out the agreement with the FARC guerrilla

The vice president-elect says that Abelardo de la Espriella’s government, which begins on August 7, does not fit into the far right, the right or the center, and that its guiding principle is pragmatism

With meetings suspended indefinitely, the outgoing government is seeking legal safeguards through oversight bodies and plans to publicize its record directly via social media

The ruling party candidate has been denied loans, his communications strategy arrived late, and the Colombian president refuses to stop sabotaging his campaign

The US president praised the winner of the first round of elections and urged Colombians to vote for him at the June 21 runoff. Colombian president Gustavo Petro rejected the ‘interference’

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

The winner of the first round of the Colombian presidential election has used misogynistic and homophobic language, admires Milei and Bukele, promises to cut 40% of state bureaucracy, and wants to reopen debates over abortion and child adoption rights

Security details and armored cars are part of the landscape in a country accustomed to violence, where security has become a profitable industry

Authorities confiscated 445 tons of the narcotic in 2025, according to a new report that details how traffickers are adapting their methods to evade growing pressure from Washington

Oil is once again the spearhead of the country’s economy, with the hope that it will pull many other sectors along with it, including tourism and housing

An explosion that left 20 civilians dead has highlighted the power struggle with the front commanded by FARC dissident Iván Mordisco

A band named Simbiotes seeks to reduce hostilities, build bridges and open up a space of dignity in confinement

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the president of Colombia casts doubt on the upcoming presidential elections in his country. When asked if he will respect the results, he replies: ‘Yes, but not fraud’

Hit‑for‑hire murders are rising in the capital, driven by the growing sophistication of organized crime, easy access to firearms and a lack of intelligence data to confront the phenomenon

The conservative senator is threatening the leadership of the far-right candidate De la Espriella, and triggering new scenarios ahead of the battle against the left for the presidency in May

After visiting an Alabama center, Carmen Felisa Ramírez Boscán, a representative of Colombians abroad, asked President Petro to expedite proceedings to bring ailing detainees back home: ‘They prefer to die in their own country’

An intelligence report links the Serb and Giovanny Andrés Rojas, known as ‘Araña,’ to a transnational drug‑trafficking network, turning their extraditions into a diplomatic issue between Washington, Bogotá, and Caracas

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