Colombia’s Congress denied control over the legislative agenda to President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella and voted for a president loyal to former President Alvaro Uribe. De la Espriella proposed his friend, Senator Alfredo Deluque of the U P...

President Gustavo Petro called on the people to “prepare peaceful resistance” to the “viceroyalty” that “has been imposed as the president of Colombia.” During an Independence Day speech in the poor south of Bogota...

President Gustavo Petro said Sunday that he would become the leader of Colombia’s largest political party on the left, the Historic Pact. In a tweet, Petro responded to Senator Ivan Cepeda, who proposed him as party president at a political ral...

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Colombia’s President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella announced on Monday that he will close the Peace Commissioner’s Office, which was in charge of negotiating peace and implementing peace deals with illegal armed groups. “The Office...

Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro used his final Independence Day address to Congress on Monday to question the legitimacy of Colombia’s presidential election, accuse the United States of imposing the country’s next leader and ur...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Colombia’s Vice President-elect José Manuel Restrepo on Wednesday, signaling what both sides described as the beginning of a new phase in bilateral relations as President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella p...

Former FARC commander Rodrigo Londoño, known by his alias “Timochenko,” returned to Colombia over the weekend and appeared Tuesday before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), ending days of speculation that he might remain in Spain ...

In one of the most symbolic breaks with Colombia’s republican traditions in modern history, President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella announced Monday that he intends to be sworn into office on August 7 at a military garrison in southern Colombi...

On Monday, Colombians will celebrate a new national holiday for the first time in the country’s history, honoring Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, the patroness of Colombia, in a commemoration that blends centuries of religious traditio...