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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:51:25 +0000
Honda: Discovering Colombia’s inland gateway on the Magdalena River
This historic Tolima enclave is attracting renewed attention after ranking second nationally in tourism competitiveness. Its colonial streets, iron bridges, riverfront cafés and distinctive gastronomy offer a journey into the country’s past. H...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:53:37 +0000
Colombia’s FM apologizes to Democrats for past social media comments
Colombia’s Foreign Minister Omar Bula has issued a public apology to members of the United States Democratic Party over a series of offensive comments he previously made on social media, in a diplomatic effort to distance the government of Pres...

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:39:11 +0000
Bogotá’s Motorcycle Boom and Growing Road Safety Crisis
As motorcycles reshape urban mobility in Colombia’s capital, rising road fatalities, dangerous driving practices and mounting congestion are presenting Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán with an increasingly difficult challenge. BOGOTÁ – Drivi...

Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:39:55 +0000
Bogotá’s Night of Museums Opens 80 Cultural Spaces Across the City
The seventh edition of the Noche de Museos takes place on Friday, November 13, bringing together 80 museums and cultural venues across more than 14 localities, with an evening programme of exhibitions, music, dance, immersive experiences and free act...

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:15:25 +0000
Bogotá’s Teatro Mayor Announces Major 2027 Cultural Season
BOGOTÁ – The 2027 cultural calendar is set for an extraordinary year. The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo has unveiled next year’s season, a programme of 152 performances spanning opera, classical music, dance, theatre and contemp...

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:54:06 +0000
Colombia’s Seventh Airstrike Opens New Front in Fight Against FARC Near Venezuelan Border
Colombia’s military launched its seventh aerial bombing operation under President Abelardo de la Espriella on Monday, November 9, targeting a camp belonging to the FARC dissident Frente 33 in the rural municipality of Tibú, Norte de Santander....

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:43:19 +0000
Qatar Airways opens a new aviation corridor between Bogotá, Caracas and Doha
The launch of the airline’s twice-weekly South American service offers more than a new connection for Colombians. Its strategic importance may lie in linking Venezuela’s vast energy resources with Gulf investment capital and opening a new...

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:41:05 +0000
ACOTUR: Tourism as an Instrument of Regional Recovery
As Popayán prepares to host the VIII ACOTUR Sustainable Tourism Summit, Cauca is seeking to turn its extraordinary agricultural biodiversity, cultural heritage and nature-based tourism potential into an engine for rural development, international in...

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:35:19 +0000
Airbus explores investment to develop Colombia’s aviation sector
The Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer will send representatives to Bogotá next week as the De la Espriella government looks to attract industrial investment and strengthen the country’s role in aviation. BOGOTÁ — Colombia is seeking a place ...

Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:13:04 +0000
Truck Bomb Explodes Near Patía on Colombia’s Pan-American Highway
An explosives-laden dump truck targeting a police substation in El Estrecho, southwest Cauca, was detonated before security forces could intercept it, resulting in one victim, six injured and damaging nearby homes and businesses. POPAYÁN – An ...

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:31:28 +0000
Why Does the Earth Keep Shaking in Chaparral, Tolima?
An unusual seismic swarm in the central lowlands of Colombia has produced more than 1,400 recorded earthquakes since September. A magnitude 5.6 tremor on Tuesday morning, felt as far away as Bogotá, has renewed questions about the geological forces ...

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:15:37 +0000
De la Espriella Renews Military Offensive Against Dissidents After Planadas Bombing
Colombia’s Abelardo de la Espriella has vowed to intensify airstrikes, special operations and aerial coca eradication following a wave of terror attacks across Tolima, Huila and Cauca that left civilians dead, including a two-month-old baby. Presid...

Mon, 02 Nov 2026 20:10:06 +0000
British National Arrested with Silenced Pistol in Medellín’s Parque Lleras
Leigh Simon Elston, 38, was carrying a CZ handgun, a silencer and 24 rounds of ammunition when police stopped him in the city’s main nightlife district of El Poblado. Mayor Federico Gutiérrez says security operations will continue. MEDELLÍN â...

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:46:01 +0000
De la Espriella orders temporary militarization of Cúcuta
The temporary deployment of the Army in Norte de Santander’s capital follows the assassination of a former senior municipal official and a series of bomb attacks, as the government confronts expanding criminal networks along the Venezuelan bord...

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:44:56 +0000
De la Espriella Takes His Crime Crackdown to Bogotá With 172 Arrests
The President’s personal involvement in high-profile police raids, his pledge to govern from within Colombia and proposal for military control in southern Bogotá is putting a hardline security strategy to the test. President Abelardo de la Espriel...

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:57:14 +0000
Bogotá Moves to Curb Halloween Violence One year After Moreno Death
Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán’s administration is reintroducing nighttime motorcycle restrictions and deploying more than 400 District personnel as the capital prepares for Halloween, days after two men were sentenced for the killing of the 20-year-...

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:55:06 +0000
Colombia’s De la Espriella Leads Medellín Crime Crackdown
President Abelardo de la Espriella personally accompanied a major security operation in Medellín overnight on Monday, as police, military personnel and prosecutors carried out coordinated raids targeting criminal networks accused of involvement in h...

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:28:59 +0000
Deicy Jiménez Alleges Sex-for-Contracts Network Under Petro
Photographs of cash, suspected drugs and clothing, alongside reported government contracts worth more than COP$100 million, have intensified allegations that public resources were used to facilitate Petro’s private encounters. The ex-President deni...

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:28:15 +0000
María Corina Machado’s Return to Venezuela Tests Washington’s Managed Transition
After nearly ten months abroad, Venezuela’s opposition leader has returned to a country still governed by Nicolás Maduro’s former deputy, raising fresh questions about the role of Colombia, the Trump administration and the prospects for free ele...

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:25:38 +0000
Eva Ferrer to Take Allegations Against Verónica Alcocer to US Authorities
Former presidential adviser Eva Ferrer is preparing to travel to Washington next week to present allegations concerning former Colombian First Lady Verónica Alcocer to US authorities, potentially moving a politically-charged scandal  beyond Colombi...

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:54:22 +0000
Germán Vargas Lleras Family to Denounce Petro Over ‘Valledupar Pact’
The controversy surrounding the alleged Pacto de Valledupar escalated on Wednesday after Enrique Vargas Lleras, co-director of the Cambio Radical party, announced plans to file a complaint against former president Gustavo Petro over allegations that ...

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:43:53 +0000
Thirteen Colombian Soldiers Remain Stranded in Cauca After Black Hawk Crash
Rescue efforts continue in rugged terrain near Inzá, Cauca, where difficult weather conditions have delayed the evacuation of 13 Army personnel following the October 19 helicopter crash. INZA – Thirteen Colombian Army soldiers remain stranded ...

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:49:14 +0000
Colombia Seizes 7.6 Tonnes of Cocaine in Cartagena’s Biggest Port Bust
Colombian authorities seized on Tuesday, October 20, close to 8 tonnes of cocaine hidden inside a shipping container at the Port of Cartagena, in an operation described by the Presidency as the largest drug seizure at the Sociedad Portuaria in the pa...

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:45:24 +0000
Who Gets to Tell Colombia’s Story? National Museum on Frontline Over Historical Memory
At least 30 National Riot Police officers stood outside Colombia’s National Museum on Monday as academics, artists and historians gathered to debate a question that reaches far beyond the objects recently removed from display: who gets to decide ho...

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:54:16 +0000
De la Espriella Targets Wokeism and Petro’s Revisionism of Colombia’s M-19
President Abelardo de la Espriella has ordered Culture Minister Paola Holguín to remove images and references to former M-19 guerrilla commander Carlos Pizarro from government public spaces, opening a new front in the battle over how Colombia rememb...

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