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3/24/2026

Colombia’s attorney general on Tuesday said her office had obtained arrest warrants for seven members of a rebel group known as Segunda Marquetalia for the killing of Miguel Uribe, a conservative presidential hopeful who...

3/24/2026

A total of 69 people died ​when a Colombian military ‌plane crashed soon after takeoff earlier this week, the ​country's armed forces ​said in a statement on ⁠Tuesday, in an ​incident that injured 57 others.

3/19/2026

Explosions in cocaine labs in Colombia near its border ​with Ecuador killed 14 people in January, Colombia's Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, when asked to clarify accusations ‌by Colombian President Gus...

3/12/2026

Venezuela and Colombia cancelled a meeting of their presidents slated for Friday without explanation, an encounter that would have been the Venezuelan ​leader's first with a foreign counterpart since she replaced ousted...

3/8/2026

Colombia's leftist ruling ​party and main opposition party were on track to win the largest number of seats in Congress in Sunday’s legislative ‌elections, preliminary vote tallies showed, but neither secured a majority...

2/17/2026

For the past weeks, Ecuador and Colombia have locked horns in an escalating trade dispute that began with the former's president, Daniel Noboa, announcing a 30% tariff on select goods imported from Colombia.

2/11/2026

Colombian President Gustavo Petro says that he has escaped an assassination attempt while travelling by helicopter with his daughters, after warning for months about an alleged plot by drug traffickers who want to target...

2/4/2026

Colombian and Ecuadorian truckers and merchants gathered at a border crossing Tuesday to protest an escalating trade war between both South American countries.

2/3/2026

U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro meet at the White House for the first time on Tuesday, an encounter that will test whether the two leaders can reach a lasting detente despite clashing id...

1/29/2026

A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of Norte de Santander province in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board including a member of congress, authorities said.

1/22/2026

Colombia will suspend electricity sales to Ecuador and impose a 30% tariff on 20 products from its neighbor, it said on Thursday, in an escalating dispute over trade and the fight against drug trafficking.

12/30/2025

Colombia's government will raise the country's minimum wage to 1.75 million pesos per month ($470), President Gustavo Petro said on Monday, a 22.7% increase.

12/15/2025

Seventeen people were killed and 20 were injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cliff in a rural area in northern Colombia, the local governor said on Sunday night.

12/9/2025

President Donald Trump has said he would consider expanding his military campaign against drugs targets in countries such as Mexico and Colombia.

10/21/2025

A Colombian court on Tuesday struck down former President Alvaro Uribe's convictions for fraud and bribery in a lengthy legal saga over alleged witness tampering that could have resulted in him serving 12 years of house...

10/15/2025

The National Coordinator of the Bolivarian Army (CNEB), one of five dissident groups of Colombia's former FARC guerrilla movement, handed over its first batch of armaments as a sign of goodwill in talks with the Colombia...

10/13/2025

A Venezuelan human rights activist and a political consultant were shot and injured in Colombia's capital on Monday in a hitman-style attack, Colombian officials said.

10/9/2025

Colombia carried out its largest domestic public debt swap in history, for 43.4 trillion pesos ($11.18 billion), the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday night, as part of its debt management strategy amid the country's st...

10/6/2025

Colombia's once-weakened armed groups are growing their power again, the country's ombudswoman told AFP Monday, as the country heads toward its most violent year in a decade.

9/30/2025

Once again, Colombia decided to keep interest rates unchanged after the Central Bank’s board meeting. Thus, the rate remains at 9.25%, where it has been since May, following the return of the inflationary threat.

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