President Gustavo Petro denounced Ukraine’s racist treatment of mercenaries from Colombia. In a post on social media platform X, Petro warned that Colombian mercenaries are being treated as an “inferior race” and “cannon fodde...

President Gustavo Petro clashed with the United States government over the possible killing of Colombian citizens in airstrikes on alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean. In a post on social media platform X, Petro said that indications showed that Co...

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro welcomed a ceasefire between the government of Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Petro celebrated the news on social media platform X, claiming that it was the Global South, including Colombia, tha...

A Medellin court ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office to launch investigations into former president Alvaro Uribe and his brother for the murder of two prominent human rights lawyers. The Third Criminal Court of Medellin ordered the investig...

Medellin city officials and far-right activists violently cracked down on a peaceful Palestine solidarity protest that was endorsed by Colombia’s national government. In multiple videos that were published on social media, personnel of the Secu...

Colombia’s government plans to reveal paramilitary testimonies that could cost the heads of politicians partaking in next year’s elections. In an interview with the newspaper El Espectador, Interior Minister Armando Benedetti said that 16...

The government vowed to protect the US embassy in Bogota ahead of anti-genocide and anti-apartheid protests scheduled throughout Colombia for Tuesday. In a post on social media platform X, President Gustavo Petro said that he would not impede a march...

Colombia’s interior minister said that a referendum might be necessary to force Congress into approving a desperately needed healthcare reform. In an interview with Caracol Radio, Interior Minister Armando Benedetti said that politicians from o...

Israeli authorities have released Colombia’s participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international initiative that sought to break the siege on Gaza, according to the government. In a post on social media platform X, Interior Minister Arm...

The United States’ ambassador to the United Nations threatened to pull Security Council support for Colombia’s ongoing peace process amid escalating tensions between Bogota and Washington DC. At the Security Council’s quarterly revi...