Colombia
Colombia
Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:49:45 +0000Petro orders bombardments against FARC dissidents in southern Colombia
President Gustavo Petro said Monday that he ordered bombardments on the presumed location of dissident FARC guerrilla chief “Ivan Mordisco” in the jungles of southern Colombia. In a post on social media platform X, Petro said that “...
Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:42:59 +0000CELAC and EU leaders claim summit in Colombia was “great success”
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro called the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) in the city of Santa Marta over the weekend “a great success.” The meeting, co-chaired ...
Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:46:43 +0000Medellin court convicts ELN chiefs for recruitment of 60 minors
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced that a court in the city of Medellin convicted four of the ELN’s top guerrilla chief for the forced recruitment of 60 minors between 2002 and 2019. In a press release, the prosecution...
Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:08:56 +0000Petro recalls Colombia’s ambassador to US over suspected plot to fabricate criminal charges
President Gustavo Petro recalled Colombia’s ambassador in the United States for the second time in a month over an alleged plot to falsely link him to drug trafficking organizations. Petro made the decision after news publication Cambio publish...
Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:06:58 +0000Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro arrives in Brazil for COP30 climate conference
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro arrived in Brazil on Thursday to attend the COP30 UN climate conference. Delegates from around the world convened in Belem, the capital of the Amazonian state of Para, to discuss progress and plans to combat c...
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Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:15:40 +0000A 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 +0000Colombia 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 19:35:16 +0000China’s Ruifeng Lin Wins Bogotá’s First International Violin Competition
Bogotá brought its inaugural International Violin Competition to a rousing close on Saturday night, capping a week of performances that reshaped the city’s classical music landscape and signaled the arrival […]
Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:00:40 +0000Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz and Global Rise of Volcano Tourism
Volcanoes are very visible when traveling through most of central Colombia and even though some remain dormant, hikers can climb up to the crater of the active Nevado del Ruíz
Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:03:09 +0000Colombia Marks 40 Years Since Palace of Justice Siege by M-19
Forty years after one of the darkest chapters in Colombia’s modern history, the country is commemorating the 1985 Palace of Justice siege amid fierce controversy over President Gustavo Petro’s attempts […]