Colombia

One out of every 74 people in the world have been forced to leave their homes due to violence, persecution and natural disasters, according to UNHCR

Feminist organizations are concerned about how a recent judgment may undermine reproductive rights in the country

Following the ceasefire agreement in Havana with the country’s last armed rebels, President Gustavo Petro urged the U.S. to remove the Caribbean island from its state sponsors of terrorism list

Lesly, the eldest of the four siblings, used several objects she found in the plane wreckage to improvise a shelter for herself, Soleiny, Tien and Cristin

Since 2018, at least 258 people have died or disappeared while crossing the perilous sliver of land that connects Colombia and Panama. This year alone, more than 127,000 migrants have trekked through the dangerous terrain. With no time to mourn after losing loved ones to the jungle, survivors focus on the next step

Since the four children were rescued from the Amazon jungle, the operation has shifted its focus to finding a six-year-old Belgian shepherd who went missing during the mission

The father of the infants, Manuel Ranoque, has shared details of their 40-day ordeal in the Amazon, and warned that FARC dissidents have threatened to kill him

According to authorities, the four minors only have bites and skin lesions despite surviving a plane crash and wandering the jungle for 40 days

The eldest of the siblings looked after the others, and kept them alive thanks to what she had learned from growing up in the rainforest

While local communities brought their knowledge of the Amazon jungle to the search, the military contributed technology, food kits that they dropped from aircraft and a variety of techniques to help locate the minors

‘Today they are the children of peace and the children of Colombia”, said President Gustavo Petro, underscoring that the fact they were from an indigenous family helped them navigate the surrounding dangers

The Cuba agreement, fully effective as of August, is the first major achievement of total peace, Gustavo Petro’s flagship policy

Revelations about Gustavo Petro’s former chief of staff Laura Sarabia highlight the pitfalls of unrestrained intelligence services, empowered to ignore the rights and freedoms of citizens

The former Ecuadorian president is not ruling out convening a Constituent Assembly to invalidate the 2018 referendum that prevents him from running for reelection

U.N. Special Rapporteur Michel Forst talks to EL PAÍS about his effort to protect environmentalists, who he says are facing rising attacks across the world

The allegations of lawfare, proscription or overthrow attempts such as the one suffered by Lula in January are clouding regional politics

Jhon Anderson Hurtado’s first novel, ‘Tunda,’ opens a window into a world in which paramilitarism in Buenaventura, witchcraft in the mangroves and scavenging in the streets of Bogotá coexist

Between January and March 2022, 35 kidnappings were registered in the South American country. In the same period of 2023, the figure doubled. Among the current victims is an 87-year-old man, the oldest hostage in the world

Caught in the crossfire between his two closest confidants and fixated on conspiracies, the leftist leader is unable to get anything done

Pedro Sánchez, commander of special forces, is in charge of the search for four minors who went missing a month ago, when their plane crashed in the Colombian rainforest

The meeting has given Nicolás Maduro a diplomatic boost, but Chile and Uruguay were quick to distance themselves from Lula’s comments about the crisis in the country

A controversial fashion show in Colombia, in which two Emberá Chamí indigenous women were placed in the middle of a runway, has sparked an interesting debate in a country where artisan collections and fashion have been linked for decades

Four minors were murdered by FARC dissidents, once again highlighting the extent of the war crime in the South American nation

The end of a ceasefire between the Colombian government and an armed group known as the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) has put new pressure on the disarmament process

The leader has been criticized for favoring immediacy over caution on the social network, a problem that came to the fore when he wrongly tweeted that four missing children had been found

The father fled his town in the Amazon after receiving threats, and his wife and children were on their way to meet him when the plane they were traveling in crashed. Eighteen days later, the minors have still not been found

President Petro tweeted that the siblings, who disappeared after a plane crash on May 1, were found alive. But neither civilian aviation nor defense officials have confirmed it, and he has posted an apology for his original, unconfirmed announcement