The assassination of Ecuador’s Fernando Villavicencio underscores a broader landscape of political turmoil, with assassination plots, affecting Venezuela, and Colombia.
On Thursday, at 12:04 pm, a powerful 6.1 earthquake rocked the Colombian capital for close to three minutes. The event was followed by 46 aftershocks throughout the day, leaving residents rattled and exhausted.
The National Attorney General’s Office has arrested the step-father of two of the indigenous girls who were rescued after 40 days lost in the Colombian Amazon.
Colombia’s Gustavo Petro completed his 23rd international trip during his first year in office to attend the Amazon summit in Belem.
Facing a widening political scandal into illegal campaign financing, Colombia’s Gustavo Petro called for a “national accord” to secure peace with ELN.
Colombia will face England on Saturday in the Women’s World Cup quarter finals after a goal by team captain Catalina Usme against Jamaica.
Nicolás Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been taken into custody, along with his ex-wife Carmen Daysuris Vásquez, to face charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment.
A rash of homicides in Bogotá has placed Mayor Claudia López under intense public scrutiny. Mayoral candidates are voicing outrage over the crime surge.
The Colombian Army and Civil Defense are leading search and rescue operations in Quetame, Cundinamarca, after a powerful avalanche struck this remote Andean municipality.
Two rulings on Colombia, one with the ICJ’s defense of the nation’s maritime borders, the other on FARC dissidents orchestrating the 21N violence have been welcomed as historic legal decisions.
Colombians are outraged after Ambassador Freddy León Muñoz attended a pro-Sandinista march in Managua, a week before the ICJ will rule on the Colombia – Nicaragua maritime dispute.
The release of Sergeant Karina Ramírez, her children and family pet, after five days in captivity by the ELN guerrilla is being welcomed by Colombians as a gesture of peace. The guerrilla, however, will continue to kidnap despite a bilateral ceasefire.
Colombian news sources affirm that FARC dissident front commander Iván Márquez has died in a Venezuelan hospital. Márquez sustained critical injuries during a 2022 attack on his rebel camp.
Despite the recent lowering of the Nevado del Ruíz’s risk level from Orange to Yellow, the active volcano remains unstable and registers emissions of ash and gas.
n a troubling development, the end of a fragile truce between Buenaventura’s two most powerful gangs shattered several months ago, has plunged Colombia’s largest port city into a state of violence insecurity.
Colombia’s German Vargas Lleras has become the face of the opposition to President Petro, and an establishment politician on track for the 2026 campaign.