Colombia’s Foreign Minister Omar Bula apologized for “inappropriate and disrespectful” comments he made in 2020, when he claimed that US Democrats “thrive in illegality.” In a letter to the Democratic Party, Bula offered...

Colombia’s far-right President Abelardo de la Espriella failed to live up to his promise to “recuperate” state-control of conflict regions through a “shockwave” of hardline security measures within 90 days in office. His first three months ...

Human rights officials warned on Tuesday that the reconstruction of west Colombia, which was partially destroyed by an August 10 earthquake, fails to show progress. In a statement, the Ombudsman’s Office warned that “difficulties persist ...

Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella ordered State forces to protect corporate media, claiming alerts over “possible terrorist attacks by the ELN” guerrilla group. De la Espriella said he issued “specific instructions...

The president of the JEP announced radical cuts in the war crimes tribunal’s spending, which was forced to cut $53 million (COP170 billion) from its annual budget by Colombia’s Congress. In a press statement, JEP president Danilo Rojas sa...

Colombia’s main labor unions and a collection of civil society organizations called a national strike “against the fascist government of Abelardo de la Espriella and his tax reform” bill. In a press statement, the organizations accu...

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Colombia’s Vice-President Jose Manuel Restrepo on Thursday presented an Economic Rescue Bill that seeks to reduce government spending and increase its revenue. The bill grants extraordinary powers to President Abelardo de la Espriella to slash ...

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Colombia’s Justice Minister, Ivan Cancino, downplayed the evidence of ties between President Abelardo de la Espriella and drug traffickers that was displayed in Congress by opposition Senator Ivan Cepeda. In a video, Cancino said that “po...