Colombia

Colombian President Petro was a member of the M-19 guerrilla group that stole the liberator’s weapon, now on exhibit in a Bogotá museum

The Colombian president left Guatemala City to an ovation after refusing to leave until the inauguration of his counterpart had gone ahead

During the last five months, the new president has repeatedly faced attempts by a sector of the judiciary to derail the transition of power

Tourism is vital for Santa Cruz del Islote, a tiny island in the Colombian Caribbean, but it also poses an existential environmental challenge

There is no evidence of a link between the cases but several of the victims had spent the last hours of their lives with people they met through dating apps

The president is hoping to relaunch his flagging projects this year, but first he will have to contend with high-profile trials involving his son, his brother and his former chief of staff. Nicolás Petro is to be arraigned on Thursday

The presidents’ discourses on the energy transition are going in opposite directions. Both men have reduced deforestation, but while Brasilia is joining OPEC as an observer, Bogota is committed to leaving fossil fuels behind

The new mayor of the Colombian city issued a decree restricting the consumption of drugs within a 60-meter radius of parks, educational centers and historic areas

The most populous department in Colombia has sworn in two strong critics of the president as leaders

Álvaro Córdoba, 64, was arrested in Medellin, Colombia, in 2022 and extradited to the U.S. almost a year ago by President Gustavo Petro

Local communities in Cauca Department transform the violence-wracked area into an agri-food corridor

In one of Latin America’s chief host countries for migrants and refugees, foreigners must contend with bureaucracy and job insecurity as they dream of being reunited with their relatives

For the past 30 years, Colonel Angelo Rabelo has been fighting against animal-trafficking and poaching in the Pantanal, the largest freshwater wetland on the planet, which lies between Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay

The former military contractor engaged in one of the most serious corruption scandals in the U.S. Navy’s history and fled from house arrest in 2022

Social organizations in the Cauca Valley region are trying to stop a crime against children that — according to the Association of Indigenous Councils — occurred more than 150 times in 2023

Two centuries after the speech that inaugurated the United States’ policy toward the region, five Democratic lawmakers call for an end to the Cuban embargo and the declassification of secret CIA files, as well as reforms to the IMF and the OAS

The Colombian president’s tweets and his Foreign Minister’s issues jeopardize the most positive aspect of his administration

Dietitians, nutritionists and scientific disseminators deny a hoax that has flooded the media in Colombia, Latin America and Spain, claiming that pig skin is better for your health than spinach, carrots and cauliflower

The president of Colombia has reached his lowest ratings since assuming office

On the occasion of her participation in the National Summit of Elected Women of Colombia, organized by U.N. Women, the former president of Chile talks about what it is like to be a woman in politics, the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza and the authoritarian drift in Latin America

A year and a half into the government of Gustavo Petro, the president is losing support among centrists, according to a new survey by Cifras y Conceptos

The renowned general was part of the siege that resulted in the drug capo’s death and subsequently, as police commander, he sought to confront the legacy of the most notorious narco in Colombia’s history

Colombia ponders how the most universal drug trafficker and terrorist should be remembered 30 years after his death

The writer of ‘The Parable of Pablo,’ the reference book on the life of the famous drug trafficker, discusses Escobar on the 30th anniversary of his death

The Historic Pact for Colombia — the diverse left-wing coalition that brought Petro to power — faces the choice of either merging into a single party, or risk disappearing

Colombia — the country with the most carbon credits issued — has a case before the Constitutional Court. Meanwhile, Chile is preparing more transparent regulations, Brazil wants to approve an emissions trading system before the COP28 and Mexico is leading the way

A decree by President Gustavo Petro allowed the Almassri family to be evacuated from the war zone in the Strip and granted them Colombian nationality