Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has turned the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) into an anti-imperialist intelligence agency, an investigation by news website La Silla Vacia suggests. Since 2022, the agency has shifted from supporting...

The Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal investigation against four former directors of Colombia’s largest healthcare intermediary over alleged financial fraud, W Radio reported on Sunday. The reported investigation comes two...

A magistrate of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP asked the prosecution to seize assets of companies that profit from Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine. Magistrate Caterina Heyck filed a lawsuit in which she urged the prosecution to...

Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe will take part in the 2026 elections, according to the president of his far-right Democratic Center (CD) party. In a press statement, CD president Gabriel Vallejo said that Uribe will be #25 on his party...

The government will stop using the name “Gulf Clan” to describe the paramilitary organization Ejercito Gaitanista de Colombia (EGC). In a resolution, the Interior Ministry confirmed that “in a public statement issued on November 7, ...

Bogotá drivers from multiple sectors plan a mass protest on September 17 against Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán, citing 18 grievances including corruption, insecurity, and abusive mobility policies. The demonstration threatens major traffic disruption...

Colombia’s Ministry of Labor has ordered the immediate suspension of activities at Bogotá’s iconic Andrés D.C. restaurant after an inspection found safety risks. The decision follows an accident that left nine customers injured.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has toughened his stance on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and suggested a return to aerial fumigation of coca crops after soldiers were kidnapped in Cauca, as Washington weighs whether to decertify Colombia in its an...

Colombia faces a critical U.S. anti-narcotics certification decision by September 15, testing a security partnership with Washington. Despite record cocaine seizures, coca cultivation has surged, straining ties under President Petro. Defense Minister...

Colombian botanist Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar, Research Group Leader at Kew Gardens, leads the Orchid Tree of Life project, tracing the evolution of 30,000 orchid species. His research, published in New Phytologist, underscores orchids as “cana...