Colombia

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

President Gustavo Petro suspects that at least one of the US attacks in the Caribbean occurred in Colombian waters

The right-wing leader has been acquitted on appeal nearly three months after the initial 12-year sentence; victims plan to appeal to the Supreme Court for a final ruling

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Colombian president urges restraint from Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro after their clash on Sunday

In late September, the state began allowing people to bear firearms in public

The South American nation is anxiously waiting to see if Donald Trump will impose new tariffs, as he has threatened to do over his clashes with the Colombian president

The Venezuelan opposition leader, recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, asserts that the Maduro regime ‘is weaker than ever’

Gustavo Petro’s government orders the return of Daniel García-Peña to Bogotá, following the recent clash with the Trump administration

Monitoring carried out by two Brazilian research websites shows how, subtly, sexist discourses land on TikTok

The story of the co-founder of the criminal gang, who has been imprisoned in Bogotá since June 2024, reveals how he turned Colombia into the group’s operational hub and financial refuge

The US president has announced that tariffs will soon be imposed on the South American country

The plan to hasten the Venezuelan leader’s downfall with a naval deployment in the Caribbean and a campaign of extrajudicial attacks on alleged drug boats has raised questions about what could come next

Complaints from family members and documents in possession of EL PAÍS confirm that officers from the State of Mexico Attorney General’s Office arrested and beat the men on several occasions. They remain in prison for an alleged crime unrelated to the musicians’ death

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the young Colombian singer and Latin Grammy winner spoke about her creative process, the importance of her Latin roots, and the release of her first album

Venezuelan inmates, a population that has grown from 48 to over 4,000, are imposing their jail culture

Colombian President Gustavo Petro lamented the deaths and tied them to the war on drugs despite no evidence to back it up. ‘They killed our youths,’ he posted on X

The armed group, which concluded its first round of talks with the government this week, seeks to wrest control of southern Bolívar from the guerrillas

The first Latina to take the reigns of one of the industry’s most important magazines talks with EL PAÍS about the recent wave of changes in the fashion world, and representation in the media

A new academic paper reveals that the drug trade generates annual revenues of $15.3 billion, equivalent to 4.2% of the country’s GDP

Three colonels from the La Popa Battalion and other high-ranking officers face trials that could see them sentenced to 20 years