Colombia

Leaders on both the left and right are criticizing forced recruitment of children by illegal groups more harshly than the state’s actions

The Treasury Department has sanctioned the alleged criminal leader, a Canadian national, and his support network after authorities linked him to the Sinaloa Cartel

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

Asked whether such a move would only take place with prior permission from Mexican authorities, Trump said he ‘wouldn’t answer that question’ and that Mexico ‘knows how I stand’

The Mexican president announces that a protocol for working in international waters has been agreed upon with a view to stopping the attacks

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

Food shortages are worsening, and although a more cooperative social and scientific vision offers hope, if the crisis is comprehensive and global, the measures to counter it must be as well

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

International cooperation is one of the most successful methods in the fight against drug trafficking, with detection of ships by the US and UK proving fundamental

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

Bogotá’s intelligence service is targeting the New Drug Trafficking Board amid the crisis with Washington. Gustavo Petro claims this organization wants to assassinate him

The government of Gustavo Petro has granted garment manufacturers’ request to remove tariffs on imported raw materials, while cotton producers warn that the move will devastate their sector: ‘We are facing extinction’

The Treasury’s accusations put those involved at risk of losing their accounts in the country due to the pressure the banks face over to their ties to the US and international financial system

It is unlikely that all the boats attacked by the United States belong to artisanal fishermen, says an official with the Colombian Navy

The veteran senator doubled Carolina Corcho’s lead at a vote organized by the Historic Pact, a center-left to far-left coalition

A passion for Colombian music has helped forge a unique identity in this Mexican city. It gives a distinctive folklore, aesthetic and way of life to the rough neighborhood of La Independencia 

Roque Sevilla is the first Ecuadorian to receive the International Union for Conservation of Nature award

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

At least one of the attacks took place off the coast of Colombia, amid escalating tensions between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro

The former Colombian president returns to the center of public debate after once again coming close to losing his power