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The Colombian government of President Gustavo Petro has acknowledged that at least 15 minors recruited by illegal armed groups were killed in four military operations carried out between August and

Colombia’s Ombudswoman urged President Gustavo Petro to suspend air strikes on alleged guerrilla units that killed at least 15 minors in four operations since August. In a post on social media platform X, Ombudswoman Iris Marin urged Petro to suspend aerial bombardments of “targets where there may be recruited minors.” Marin additionally said that the […]

Colombia’s far-right Democratic Center party announced it will postpone its 2026 primary that was set later this month amid infighting. The party was set to pick a presidential candidate on November 28, but announced in a press statement that the deadline was postponed to February 2026. The Democratic Center was also forced to reconsider the The post […]

Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office formally indicted a businessman who has been accused of being one of the country’s most important smugglers on conspiracy and bribery charges. Diego Marin, a.k.a. “The Contraband Czar” or “Papa Smurf,” attended the hearing virtually from Portugal where he is being detained. According to the prosecution, […]

Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez will be facing a no confidence vote over the killing of seven minors and children in a bombardment on a guerrilla camp in southern Colombia. In a post on social media platform X, House Representative Katherine Miranda. a fierce critic of President Gustavo Petro, said she will call Sanchez to Congress The post Colombia’s […]

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro came under fire after forensic investigators found that the army killed seven minors in a bombardment that also cost the lives of 13 alleged members of FARC dissident group EMC. In a press statement, the director of the prosecution’s forensic medicine institute, Ariel Cortes, said that it received the remains of The […]

The arrival of the USS Gerald Ford in Caribbean waters has raised the stakes in the tense relationship between the United States and Venezuela. The aircraft carrier – the most

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro walked back his threat to stop sharing intelligence with US security agencies after a storm of criticism. In a post on social media platform X, Petro said Wednesday that the intelligence community, “including US agencies,” will have access to “communication that guarantees that it will be used for seizures without […]

Colombia’s army killed 19 guerrillas of FARC dissident group EMC in a major operation in southern Colombia, according to the defense minister. The military operation was carried out in Guaviare, a province on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez said Tuesday on social media platform X. Sanchez said that another three The post […]

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Colombia’s Interior Minister Armando Benedetti called the magistrate investigating his alleged involvement in corruption “crazy, demented” and “a criminal” after she ordered a raid on his home. In a video posted on social media platform X, Benedetti angrily revealed that Magistrate Cristina Lombana and 30 investigators were raiding his home in […]

President Gustavo Petro ordered Colombia’s intelligence agencies to stop sharing information on drug trafficking with their United States counterparts until US President Donald Trump stops ordering strikes on boats in the Caribbean. Petro announced the order on Twitter after US television network CNN reported that the United Kingdom suspended intelligence […]

Forty years after the catastrophe that erased Armero from the map, the landscape where the town once stood has taken on the quiet, uncanny stillness of an eroded manuscript. Vegetation

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro is considering recalling the Ambassador to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, amid another escalating diplomatic crisis triggered by an AI-generated photo showing the leftist leader and