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...

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...

Colombia’s army killed 19 guerrillas of FARC dissident group EMC in a major operation in southern Colombia, according to the defense minister. The military operation was carried out in Guaviare, a province on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, Defe...

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Colombia’s Interior Minister Armando Benedetti called the magistrate investigating his alleged involvement in corruption “crazy, demented” and “a criminal” after she ordered a raid on his home. In a video posted on socia...

President Gustavo Petro ordered Colombia’s intelligence agencies to stop sharing information on drug trafficking with their United States counterparts until US President Donald Trump stops ordering strikes on boats in the Caribbean. Petro annou...

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 “...

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 ...

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...

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...