Colombia
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:59:44 +0000US officials implicated in alleged conspiracy to smear Uribe’s opponents in court
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office received evidence suggesting that US officials are involved in a conspiracy to falsely link an alleged victim of former President Alvaro Uribe to drug trafficking. Senator Ivan Cepeda, an alleged vic...
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:31:13 +0000
Colombia and partners seeking “concrete measures” to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza
UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese arrived in Colombia, where she will meet with the foreign ministers of 20 countries to coordinate “legal and diplomatic measures” to end Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Albanese was welcom...
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:53:17 +0000
Controversial company again in charge of Colombia’s 2026 elections
The logistics of Colombia’s 2026 elections will again be largely in the hands of an off-shore company that all but bungled the congressional elections of 2014 and 2022. The National Registry announced on Wednesday that it would outsource the lo...
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:00:14 +0000
Colombia and US return ambassadors to their posts to resolve crisis
The United States ambassador returned to Colombia as part of bilateral attempts to overcome a crisis caused by an alleged plot to out President Gustavo Petro. In a post on social media platform X, acting US ambassador John McNamara said that he hoped...
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:01:30 +0000
Court to rule on Uribe’s alleged witness tampering practices on July 28
A Bogota judge announced on Tuesday that she will decide on whether to absolve or declare Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe guilty of fraud and bribery on July 28. Judge Sandra Liliana Herrera made the announcement after hearing Uribe...
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:34:19 +0000
Rubio recalled acting ambassador from Colombia after Petro sought reconciliation with Trump
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio recalled his acting ambassador from Colombia after President Gustavo Petro sent a letter of reconciliation to his American counterpart Donald Trump. In the letter, which was sent on June 23, Petro called o...
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:59:19 +0000
Colombia’s healthcare system deteriorated further despite govt intervention
The Comptroller General’s Office (CGO) issued an alert about an ongoing degradation of Colombia’s public healthcare system, which is owed more than $8.2 billion (COP32.9 trillion) by private intermediaries called EPS’s. In its annua...
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 15:30:26 +0000
Colombia’s police arrest alleged coordinator of plot to kill senator
Colombia’s police reportedly arrested the alleged coordinator of a plot to assassinate far-right Senator Miguel Uribe. According to local media, Elder Jose Arteaga, a.lk.a. “Chipi” or “Costeño,” was arrested in the capi...
Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:30:35 +0000
US recalls acting ambassador from Colombia over “baseless and reprehensible statements”
Colombia’s President Gustavo Gustavo Petro recalled his ambassador from Washington DC in response to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement that he had recalled his acting ambassador from Bogota. Rubio recalled John McNamara, th...
Thu, 03 Jul 2025 16:09:15 +0000
Court orders arrest of Colombia’s former spy chief over corruption allegations
A Bogota court ordered the arrest of Carlos Ramon Gonzalez, the former administration chief and the former director of intelligence agency DNI of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro. The court ordered the detention of Gonzalez amid an investigat...