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
President Gustavo Petro suspects that at least one of the US attacks in the Caribbean occurred in Colombian waters
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Colombian president urges restraint from Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro after their clash on Sunday
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
Gustavo Petro’s government orders the return of Daniel García-Peña to Bogotá, following the recent clash with the Trump administration
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
In 2022, the lawyer became the first Peruvian woman to hold the top office, but saw her approval ratings drop to record lows by the time of her removal on Thursday
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
Pedro Sánchez spoke on the same day that France and other Western countries formally recognized a Palestinian state at the New York headquarters of the international organization, which is holding its 80th General Assembly
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
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
The Trump administration issued a waiver of sanctions that would have triggered major aid cuts, but President Gustavo Petro must deal with the consequences of this new stigma in the final stretch of his term
The Gustavo Petro administration attributes the attack that left six dead in Cali to the leader of the FARC dissidents of the Central General Staff, which it now considers a terrorist organization
The explosive attack on a military base in Cali and the downing of a police helicopter in Antioquia, both by FARC dissidents, have highlighted the nation’s instability
President Gustavo Petro blames FARC dissidents for a cylinder bomb attack at the air base in the Colombian city. Twelve police officers were killed another attack in Antioquia
Daniel Quintero, former mayor of Medellín, raised the Colombian flag in the Peruvian locality of Santa Rosa de Loreto
The death of the senator and presidential candidate for the Democratic Center adds to the first-instance conviction of former president Álvaro Uribe
The 39-year-old Colombian politician was shot several times while participating in a campaign event
Gustavo Petro gave his Independence Day speech in the port of Leticia, across from a disputed enclave on the Amazon River, while a Peruvian delegation visited the site in a display of sovereignty
Some 40% of the country’s wealthiest 0.01% have admitted to evading taxes. To pay less, they hide their money in tax havens and create companies or trusts that make it difficult to track their assets. Each year, tax evasion in Colombia amounts to 8% of GDP, or more than $130 billion
Judge Sandra Heredia wants the sentence to be applied immediately in what has become the most significant court case in recent Colombian history. But his defense said they will appeal
American officials and senators back the accusations about the ‘weaponization of the judiciary.’ Gustavo Petro replies that these remarks are ‘an intrusion into national sovereignty’
The diplomat visited Colombia for the first summit of the Hague Group, geared toward taking action to pressure Israel into ending the war in Gaza
EL PAÍS reconstructs, on the ground and using exclusive documents, the presence of former military personnel hired by the cartels, a lethal alliance of organized crime
The conference will bring together delegates from some 30 countries and UN officials such as the rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese