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Colombia

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:53:45 +0000
Colombia’s far-right postpones primary amid infighting
Colombia’s far-right Democratic Center party announced it will postpone its 2026 primary that was set later this month amid infighting. The party was set to pick a presidential candidate on November 28, but announced in a press statement that t...

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:32:14 +0000
Colombia’s fugitive “Contraband Czar” indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office formally indicted a businessman who has been accused of being one of the country’s most important smugglers on conspiracy and bribery charges. Diego Marin, a.k.a. “The Contraband Czar” or ̶...

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:43:48 +0000
Colombia’s defense minister facing no confidence vote over children killed in bombardment
Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez will be facing a no confidence vote over the killing of seven minors and children in a bombardment on a guerrilla camp in southern Colombia. In a post on social media platform X, House Representative Katherine Miranda. ...

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:22:09 +0000
7 minors killed in south Colombia bombardment on guerrilla group
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro came under fire after forensic investigators found that the army killed seven minors in a bombardment that also cost the lives of 13 alleged members of FARC dissident group EMC. In a press statement, the direc...

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:45:13 +0000
Colombia walks back threat to end intelligence sharing with US
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro walked back his threat to stop sharing intelligence with US security agencies after a storm of criticism. In a post on social media platform X, Petro said Wednesday that the intelligence community, “incl...

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Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:34:04 +0000
USS Gerald Ford Enters the Caribbean: What Next for Venezuela?
The arrival of the USS Gerald Ford in Caribbean waters has raised the stakes in the tense relationship between the United States and Venezuela. The aircraft carrier – the most […]

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:19:56 +0000
Armero: A Journalist Remembers the Night the Earth Turned to Mud
On the night of November 12, 1985, at exactly 10 p.m., the landline rang. “Get ready – the radio car is coming for you,” warned the night controller at the […]

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:15:40 +0000
A Landscape of Loss: Forty Years After Armero
Forty years after the catastrophe that erased Armero from the map, the landscape where the town once stood has taken on the quiet, uncanny stillness of an eroded manuscript. Vegetation […]

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:13:13 +0000
Colombia Reacts to Washington After Petro is Shown as U.S “Prisoner”
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro is considering recalling the Ambassador to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, amid another escalating diplomatic crisis triggered by an AI-generated photo showing the leftist leader and […]

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:16:56 +0000
Palace of Justice: Forty Years, Four Peace Processes, and No Peace
I remember perfectly the morning of November 6, 1985. I was 18 years old, a high school conscript serving in the Presidential Guard Battalion. Chaos reigned. Commanders shouted orders as […]

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