Colombia’s Senate elected former ombudsman Carlos Camargo to the Constitutional Court, despite corruption concerns. The Senate elected Camargo from a short list that had been presented by the Supreme Court. The election spurred major controvers...

The investigation into the assassination of far-right senator Miguel Uribe has revealed the possible involvement of one of Bogota’s most notorious mafia suspects. During the indictment hearing of one of the gang members allegedly involved in th...

President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia will request and support the formation of a United Nations peacekeeping force for Palestine. On social media platform X, Petro said, “There is only one path to end Israel’s genocide. The way is ...

The governor of Antioquia, Colombia’s second-largest economy, could face prison on corruption charges. Antioquia Governor Andres Julian Rendon, one of the most outspoken critics of Gustavo Petro on the far right, is under investigation for embe...

The government of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro seeks a tax reform that would increase revenue for the government with $6.5 billion (COP26 trillion). The tax hike that was proposed to Congress on Monday and seeks to secure the financing of...

Police in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin arrested an attorney with a list of more than 1,000 real estate properties supposedly controlled by the agency that manages drug traffickers’ confiscated assets. In a press release, the Sp...

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The governments of Colombia and Venezuela announced have deployed 25,000 troops to combat drug trafficking in the border region. The Venezuelan government announced on Monday that it will send 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia as part of op...

Colombia’s ruling left-wing coalition, Pacto Historico, has put forward 10 candidates who will compete in the primary ahead of the 2026 elections. The names put forward include multiple allies of the current President Gustavo Petro, former official...

Former president Ivan Duque came under fire after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu despite the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Duque went to Israel to promote his wife’s foundation and the business interests of the Gilinski olig...