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U.S. prosecutors probe Colombia’s Petro over alleged narco links, NYT reports

U.S. federal prosecutors have opened preliminary criminal investigations into Colombian President Gustavo Petro over alleged links to drug traffickers and possible illicit financing of his 2022 campaign, according to a report by The New York…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF March 20, 2026

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Colombia arrests “mastermind” of Ecuador candidate Villavicencio’s murder

Colombian authorities on Wednesday arrested Ángel Esteban Aguilar Morales, alias “Lobo Menor”, an alleged senior figure in the Ecuadorian criminal group Los Lobos and suspected…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF March 18, 2026

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Colombia – Ecuador rift widens over cross-border bombings

President Gustavo Petro accused Ecuador on Monday of carrying out bombing raids inside Colombian territory, sharply escalating a diplomatic and trade dispute that has been…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF March 17, 2026

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Colombia bars 10 foreigners in single-day crackdown on suspected sex tourism

Colombia’s migration authority Migración Colombia denied entry last week to 10 foreign nationals suspected of seeking sex tourism, marking the largest single-day refusal of its…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF March 16, 2026

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Valencia picks Oviedo as VP to expand Colombia’s center-right base

Conservative presidential candidate Paloma Valencia has chosen economist and former statistics chief Juan Daniel Oviedo as her vice-presidential running mate, a move widely interpreted as…

RICHARD EMBLIN March 12, 2026

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Indigenous communities caught in armed clashes in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada

Colombia’s high-altitude Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta has become the latest flashpoint in the country’s worsening rural security crisis, after armed clashes between illegal groups…

RICHARD EMBLIN March 11, 2026

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Paloma Valencia surge reshapes Colombia race as election season begins

Colombia’s presidential race entered a decisive new phase this week after Sunday’s inter-party primaries propelled conservative senator Paloma Valencia into the national spotlight and triggered…

RICHARD EMBLIN March 10, 2026

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Petro opens consultation on ‘Black Line’ after Colombia court ends protection decree

President Gustavo Petro has announced the start of a consultation process with ethnic communities to draft a new decree protecting the sacred “Black Line” of…

RICHARD EMBLIN March 5, 2026

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Ex-FARC admit to recruiting 18,677 children during Colombia conflict

Colombia’s transitional justice system has reached a morally charged milestone. The seven former commanders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) guerrilla have formally…

RICHARD EMBLIN March 4, 2026

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Colombia set for inter-party primaries, presidential race gripped by apathy

Colombians head to the polls on March 8 for what is, formally, a legislative election. In practice, it is something more consequential: a stress test…

RICHARD EMBLIN March 3, 2026

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Suspected drone attack disrupts high-level visit to Colombia’s Hidroituango

Colombia’s security forces alerted late Sunday Medellín Mayor Federico Gutiérrez and Antioquia Governor Andrés Julián Rendón to cancel a planned visit to the Hidroituango hydroelectric…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF March 2, 2026

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UN report warns Colombia faces worsening human rights crisis

Colombia is at risk of sliding back into one of the darkest chapters of its recent history, according to a stark new report by the…

RICHARD EMBLIN February 26, 2026