After 40 days lost in the Amazon jungle, the Colombian Army confirmed that a search and rescue party have found alive the four missing children of a plane crash.
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Petro calls Colombia’s media “racist” at pro-reforms rally
In a move to deflect attention from an investigation into his 2022 campaign financing, President Petro rallied a palty crowd in Bogotá to support his social reforms.
ELN conditions bilateral ceasefire as crisis in Colombia deepens
As the political crisis of the Petro government deepens after explosive audios were leaked to Semana, the Maoist ELN guerilla will announce from Havana, Cuba, a six month, bilateral ceasefire.
Petro backs investigation into Colombia’s wiretap scandal
On the same day Laura Sarabia and Armando Benedetti resigned for their role in a wiretap scandal, Colombia’s Petro backed the Attorney General’s investigation.
Colombia’s Portable Universe heads to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
One of the most important collections of pre-Columbian artifacts will go on display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition Portable Universe: Thought and Splendor of Indigenous Colombia was first shown to audiences in Los Angeles.
FARC threaten to “unleash war” after Petro ends ceasefire
FARC dissidents under command of “Iván Mordisco” have threatened to “multiply the numbers of deaths, wounded and prisoners” after President Petro breaks ceasefire.
U.S Government urges citizens to “reconsider” travel to Colombia
Despite President Petro’s recent trip to Washington and visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Bogotá, the U.S Government revised its travel advisory on Colombia
ELN warns peace talks with Colombian Goverment in “crisis”
The National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla is threatening to abandon the peace talks in Havana, Cuba, after a declaration by President Petro to the Armed Forces.
Petro’s approval rating hits new low with Colombia’s institutional crisis
Nine months into a new administration, Gustavo Petro’s approval rating is lower than polls conducted during the final year of Iván Duque’s presidency.
The end of Colombia’s Dijon age
France’s Dijon mustard has disappeared from supermarket shelves across Colombia after a resolution by the Ministry of Health to limit the sale of “ultra-processed” foods.
Petro warns Colombians of “possible revolution”
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro made a direct challenge to the country’s democratic powers during a May Day speech in which he warned of a “possible revolution.”
After coalition rupture, Petro to push reforms “on the street”
After a tumultuous week in Colombian politics, President Gustavo Petro will push his reforms on the “street” with a May 1 address from the presidential balcony.
Authorities warn FARC dissidents encroaching on Colombia’s Sumapaz
Colombia’s vast Sumapaz is back in the spotlight after locals who reside in this remote region south of Bogotá claim that FARC is encroaching into the high-altitude wetland, including the 53 Front of the dissident guerrilla.
Swiss’ Edelweiss Air adds two Colombia destinations
The Zurich-based leisure airline Edelweiss Air will start flying to Bogotá and Cartagena as from November 22, 2023.
Bogotá International Book Fair (FILBo) hosts Mexico as Guest Nation
Edition 35 of FILBo will also pay tribute to Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian Nobel Laureate who lived in Mexico until his death in 2014. García Márquez is the most translated Latin American author, and second in the Spanish language to Cervantes.
Colombia’s Nevado del Ruíz remains on orange alert for eruption
The Nevado del Ruíz in central Colombia remains on orange alert after the Colombian Geological Service released an “extraordinary bulletin” regarding seismic activity in the interior of the volcano.