Colombia
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:57:29 +0000Colombia’s interior minister claims his phone was hacked with Pegasus
Colombia’s interior minister said that his phone had been hacked by Israeli spyware Pegasus. In an interview with W Radio, Interior Minister Armando Benedetti revealed the alleged Pegasus infection after receiving a “technical report and ...
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:03:51 +0000Son of Colombia’s president indicted on corruption charges
A prosecutor from Colombia’s Caribbean region indicted Nicolas Petro, the son of President Gustavo Petro, on embezzlement charges. According to the prosecutio9n, Petro and his ex-wife, Day Vasquez, took approximately $29 thousand (COP111 millio...
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:42:14 +0000Prosecution indicts former Colombia’s finance and interior ministers on bribery charges
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office indicted President Gustavo Petro’s former finance minister and former interior minister for allegedly buying congressional support for government proposals. The prosecutor accused Former Finance Minist...
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:27:52 +0000Colombia’s biggest far-right party expels leading presidential hopeful
The Democratic Center (CD) said Monday that its leading presidential candidate, Miguel Uribe (no relation), has been excluded from the far-right party’s increasingly chaotic primary. In a press statement, the party said that presidential candid...
Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:05:15 +0000Cocaine trafficking
Some 4% of the world’s population, some 300 million people, have consumed cocaine in their lives. Colombia produced an estimated 70% of the cocaine consumed over the past year. In 2023, 25 million people used the illicit drug worldwide, consumi...
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:49:42 +0000FARC dissidents deny alleged links to Colombia military, intelligence
Representatives of FARC dissident group EMBF denied reports linking them to top officials in Colombia’s intelligence agency DNI and the National Army. In a press statement, three of the EMBF’s negotiators in ongoing peace talks accused ...
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:21:55 +0000Colombia’s election authority rules Petro campaign violated campaign finance regulations
Colombia’s controversial election authority CNE sanctioned President Gustavo Petro’s campaign for violating spending limits. With six votes in favor and three against, the CNE ruled that the Petro campaign exceeded the limit by $1.4 milli...
Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:42:47 +0000Twelve Apostles, the death squad linking Uribe’s brother to 525 homicides
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Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:40:49 +0000US urges Colombia to investigate alleged guerrilla links
The United States issued a statement urging Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro to investigate alleged links between the military and FARC dissidents. In a statement released by the Department of State, a spokesman referred to media reports that all...
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:42:43 +0000Santiago Uribe, brother of Colombia’s former president, sentenced to 28 years in prison
The brother of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his involvement in homicides committed by his paramilitary group in the early 1990’s. The Antioquia appeals court convicted Santiago Uribe, th...