Colombia

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:11:26 +0000
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal sentences former FARC chiefs to 8 years of restorative labor
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP sentenced seven former commanders of guerrilla group FARC to eight years of restorative labor projects. In a 663-page ruling, the JEP held the former guerrilla group’s surviving former commanders respons...

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:31:19 +0000
Widow of assassinated senator says far-right colleague threatened her
The widow of assassinated senator Miguel Uribe alleged that she was threatened by one of her late husband’s colleagues. In an interview with television network RCN, Uribe’s widow, Maria Claudia Tarazona, said that Senator Maria Fernanda C...

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:55:57 +0000
US maintains counternarcotics funds for “uncooperative” Colombia
United States President Donald Trump removed Colombia from a certified list of countries deemed cooperative in US-led counternarcotics efforts, but suspended sanctions that could affect bilateral law enforcement and military operations. The decision ...

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:43:45 +0000
How Petro got Colombia’s intelligence agency to adopt an anti-imperialist agenda
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has turned the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) into an anti-imperialist intelligence agency, an investigation by news website La Silla Vacia suggests. Since 2022, the agency has shifted from supporting...

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:48:23 +0000
“Colombia’s largest healthcare intermediary hid $1.2B in debt to hospitals”
The Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal investigation against four former directors of Colombia’s largest healthcare intermediary over alleged financial fraud, W Radio reported on Sunday. The reported investigation comes two...

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 13:30:39 +0000
War crimes magistrate wants Colombia to seize assets of companies profiting from Gaza genocide
A magistrate of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP asked the prosecution to seize assets of companies that profit from Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine. Magistrate Caterina Heyck filed a lawsuit in which she urged the prosecution to...

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:28:50 +0000
Uribe seeks return to senate despite fraud and bribery conviction
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe will take part in the 2026 elections, according to the president of his far-right Democratic Center (CD) party. In a press statement, CD president Gabriel Vallejo said that Uribe will be #25 on his party...

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:36:25 +0000
Colombia drops “Gulf Clan” to describe EGC paramilitaries
The government will stop using the name “Gulf Clan” to describe the paramilitary organization Ejercito Gaitanista de Colombia (EGC). In a resolution, the Interior Ministry confirmed that “in a public statement issued on November 7, ...

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:13:47 +0000
ELN open to resuming peace talks with Colombia’s government
The ELN guerrilla group says they are open to resuming peace talks with Colombia’s government. In a recent video statement, the ELN’s second in command and chief negotiator, Pablo Beltran, expressed the guerrillas’ desire to revive ...

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:51:12 +0000
Petro says Colombia may resume aerial fumigation of coca
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said that the Constitutional Court should reconsider its decision to ban aerial fumigation in order to counter new “mafia tactics.” Petro said so in a post on social media platform X in response to...

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