Colombia

Colombia

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:42:59 +0000
CELAC and EU leaders claim summit in Colombia was “great success”
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 ...

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:46:43 +0000
Medellin court convicts ELN chiefs for recruitment of 60 minors
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...

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:08:56 +0000
Petro recalls Colombia’s ambassador to US over suspected plot to fabricate criminal charges
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...

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:06:58 +0000
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro arrives in Brazil for COP30 climate conference
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro arrived in Brazil on Thursday to attend the COP30 UN climate conference. Delegates from around the world convened in Belem, the capital of the Amazonian state of Para, to discuss progress and plans to combat c...

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:25:53 +0000
Majority of Colombia’s voters are undecided: First 2026 election poll
The majority of Colombia’s voters has not yet decided who they will vote for in the upcoming presidential election in May 2026, according to the first poll after a suspension on public polls was lifted. In the Cifras Y Conceptos poll, only 38% of t...

Colombia Bogota

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 20:13:13 +0000
Colombia Recalls Ambassador to Washington After Petro Shown as “Prisoner”
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has recalled his ambassador to the United States amid another escalating diplomatic crisis triggered by an AI-generated photo showing the leftist leader and Venezuelan dictator Nicolás […]

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:35:16 +0000
China’s Ruifeng Lin Wins Bogotá’s First International Violin Competition
Bogotá brought its inaugural International Violin Competition to a rousing close on Saturday night, capping a week of performances that reshaped the city’s classical music landscape and signaled the arrival […]

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:00:40 +0000
Colombia’s Nevado del Ruiz and Global Rise of Volcano Tourism
Volcanoes are very visible when traveling through most of central Colombia and even though some remain dormant, hikers can climb up to the crater of the active Nevado del Ruíz

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:03:09 +0000
Colombia Marks 40 Years Since Palace of Justice Siege by M-19
Forty years after one of the darkest chapters in Colombia’s modern history, the country is commemorating the 1985 Palace of Justice siege amid fierce controversy over President Gustavo Petro’s attempts […]

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:45:52 +0000
US Hits Seventh Narco-Boat Off Colombia, Blurring Lines Between Ally and Adversary
The United States carried out its seventh missile strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific near Colombia on Tuesday, the latest in a rapidly expanding maritime campaign […]

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