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
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
