Colombia’s foreign minister urged on Venezuela to “clear any doubts about the results” of the hotly contested presidential election that was won by President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro defeated his rival,…
Peace talks between Colombia’s government with a faction of guerrilla group EMC have become uncertain after the arrest of multiple unit commanders. Tuesday’s surprise arrests came two weeks after peace…
Prosecutor General Luz Adriana Camargo vowed to try hundreds of businesses that financed the creation and human rights violations of paramilitary groups during Colombia’s armed conflict. Camargo made the promise…
A judge in Colombia’s capital Bogota sentenced a businessman to four years in prison for embezzling more than $17 million (COP70 billion) meant to provide internet to children in rural…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office included the finance minister and other close allies of President Gustavo Petro in an ongoing investigation into corruption at disaster management unit UNGRD. The investigations seek…
Colombia’s Supreme Court removed the magistrates who were investigating congressmen’s alleged corruption from the case after the testimony of the main suspect was leaked. In a press statement, the court…
Poverty in Colombia dropped 6.7 percentage points to 33% of the population between 2021 and 2023, according to statistics agency DANE. This means that last year some 15.8 million people…
The government of President Gustavo Petro wanted to use disaster management funds to buy congressional support, the former director of disaster management unit UNGRD told the Supreme Court. In a…
Colombia’s defense minister said Tuesday that the military will resume operations against guerrilla group EMC. Instead, the government agreed to a regional ceasefire that is limited to areas where dissident…