Colombia

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

Amidst political gridlock, the leftist leader has changed his strategy. This past week, he met with former right-wing president Álvaro Uribe and a group of business leaders

The performances by the recent three-time Latin Grammy Award winner are part of her work for the foundation Con Cora

President Gustavo Petro announced a public-private partnership to recover precious artifacts from a Spanish galleon that sank in the Caribbean Sea in 1708

President Gustavo Petro wants results in the short term, and will not hesitate to dispense with whoever is necessary

Lisandro Alonso Martínez’s ‘Eureka,’ screening at the Gijón International Film Festival this week, is the latest in a wave of films that address Indigenous massacres and brutal dictatorships through fantastical elements

The arrival of Venezuelans on the Honduran border has multiplied. So far this year, almost 500,000 people have crossed through the dense rainforest of the Colombia-Panama border, double the number from the previous number year

This Medellín nightclub has become so popular that Bad Bunny, one of the most important reggaeton artists, recently released a song with its name as the title

According to data from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, more than 70% of Mexico’s surface area has been affected. Countries like the Dominican Republic, however, are showing signs of recovery