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.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro will send a diplomatic note of protest to Russia after three high-profile Colombians were among the injured in the missile attack in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
After more than 100,000 Colombians marched against Gustavo Petro and his reforms, the leftist leader called the protests “weak”.
Colombia faces the largest anti-government protests as President Petro reaches his first year in office. The Marcha de la Mayoría comes amidst a deep political crisis.
UNESCO approved the designation of 10 new biospheres reserves in nine countries, including Colombia’s sixth contribution to the world network, known as the Tribugá-Cupica-Baudó Biosphere Reserve in the Chocó.
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.
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.
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.