Colombia
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:16:38 +0000Petro remains defiant despite escalating US threats
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro remains defiant despite escalating threats from his US counterpart Donald Trump The two presidents have been at each other’s throats for months now over alleged US plans to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Madu...
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:23:19 +0000At least 17 killed in north Colombia traffic accident
At least 17 people were killed and another 20 were injured when the bus they traveled in drove off a cliff in northern Colombia, local media reported Sunday. The tragedy occurred early Sunday morning in the mountains near Segovia, a municipality in t...
Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:38:36 +0000ELN shuts down parts of Colombia in “protest against Trump’s neocolonial plan”
Guerrilla group ELN ordered a 72-hour lockdown in some of Colombia’s largest cities and regions under their control in protest against the “threats of an imperialist intervention in our country” by US President Donald Trump. The loc...
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:50:58 +0000Senate commission sinks Colombia’s 2026 budget finance plan
The Economy Commission of Colombia’s Senate struck down a law that sought finance the government’s 2026 budget with a tax reform targeting the elite of the country’s elite. The tax reform sought to close a $4.2 billion (COP16.3 tril...
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:49:01 +0000The political parties vying for power in Colombia’s 2026 elections
With congressional elections drawing near, Colombia’s main parties have picked their candidate lists and campaign leaders. The parties’ and their candidates are supported by a collection of political machineries, activists and political baron...
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:37:46 +0000Family home of Colombia’s presidential administration chief ransacked
The family house of Angie Rodriguez, director of the Administrative Department of the Presidency (Dapre), was broken into by a group of five organized armed men. Rodriguez said in a video statement that the armed men broke in at around 02:00 at night...
Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:38:58 +0000Why the alleged conspiracy between FARC dissidents and top officials is probably a hoax
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Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:57:29 +0000Colombia’s interior minister claims his phone was hacked with Pegasus
Colombia’s interior minister said that his phone had been hacked by Israeli spyware Pegasus. In an interview with W Radio, Interior Minister Armando Benedetti revealed the alleged Pegasus infection after receiving a “technical report and ...
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:03:51 +0000Son of Colombia’s president indicted on corruption charges
A prosecutor from Colombia’s Caribbean region indicted Nicolas Petro, the son of President Gustavo Petro, on embezzlement charges. According to the prosecutio9n, Petro and his ex-wife, Day Vasquez, took approximately $29 thousand (COP111 millio...
Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:42:14 +0000Prosecution indicts former Colombia’s finance and interior ministers on bribery charges
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office indicted President Gustavo Petro’s former finance minister and former interior minister for allegedly buying congressional support for government proposals. The prosecutor accused Former Finance Minist...