Colombia

Harsh criticism ensued in Congress in response to the United States’ decision to decertify Colombia as a reliable partner in the US-led war on drugs. The US decision exacerbated the pre-existing divide between coalition parties and the opposition to President Gustavo Petro. Coalition senator and presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda decried the double […]

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro plans to create a truth commission to investigate the violent repression of protest that left many dozens dead and hundreds in jail between 2019 and 2021. In a decree, Petro ordered the creation of a truth commission in order to verify claims made by human rights organizations and alternative media about The post New […]

Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal issued its first sanctions against seven former FARC commanders, holding them responsible for kidnapping over 21,000 people. Classified as war crimes and crimes against humanity, the commanders received eight-year restorative sanctions under the 2016 peace accord.

Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP sentenced seven former commanders of guerrilla group FARC to eight years of restorative labor projects. In a 663-page ruling, the JEP held the former guerrilla group’s surviving former commanders responsible for almost 22,000 kidnappings committed by the group between 1993 and 2016. More than 4,300 of the surviving […]

The widow of assassinated senator Miguel Uribe alleged that she was threatened by one of her late husband’s colleagues. In an interview with television network RCN, Uribe’s widow, Maria Claudia Tarazona, said that Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal threatened her, “I imagine, afraid that I might get involved in politics or run for office.” Maria Fernanda […]

United States President Donald Trump removed Colombia from a certified list of countries deemed cooperative in US-led counternarcotics efforts, but suspended sanctions that could affect bilateral law enforcement and military operations. The decision was met with scorn in the South American country where Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that “the one […]

The United States has decertified Colombia’s anti-drug efforts for the first time since 1994, citing record coca crops under President Gustavo Petro. While Washington issued a waiver to maintain aid, the move risks straining a key alliance and jeopardizing $453 million in U.S. assistance.

Bogotá drivers from multiple sectors plan a mass protest on September 17 against Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán, citing 18 grievances including corruption, insecurity, and abusive mobility policies. The demonstration threatens major traffic disruptions in Colombia’s capital.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has turned the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) into an anti-imperialist intelligence agency, an investigation by news website La Silla Vacia suggests. Since 2022, the agency has shifted from supporting foreign intelligence agencies to prioritizing Petro’s anti-imperialist strategy, focusing on corruption, […]

The Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal investigation against four former directors of Colombia’s largest healthcare intermediary over alleged financial fraud, W Radio reported on Sunday. The reported investigation comes two days after President Gustavo Petro accused healthcare intermediary Nueva EPS of falsifying financial records to […]

A magistrate of Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP asked the prosecution to seize assets of companies that profit from Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine. Magistrate Caterina Heyck filed a lawsuit in which she urged the prosecution to proceed to the forfeiture of assets belonging to companies that were mentioned in a recent report on Israel’s The […]

Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe will take part in the 2026 elections, according to the president of his far-right Democratic Center (CD) party. In a press statement, CD president Gabriel Vallejo said that Uribe will be #25 on his party’s Senate candidate list. The former president resigned from the Senate in 2020 in an attempt The post Uribe […]

The government will stop using the name “Gulf Clan” to describe the paramilitary organization Ejercito Gaitanista de Colombia (EGC). In a resolution, the Interior Ministry confirmed that “in a public statement issued on November 7, 2024, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Gaitanista Army of Colombia stated that its name is not Clan del The post […]

Colombia’s Ministry of Labor has ordered the immediate suspension of activities at Bogotá’s iconic Andrés D.C. restaurant after an inspection found safety risks. The decision follows an accident that left nine customers injured.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has toughened his stance on Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and suggested a return to aerial fumigation of coca crops after soldiers were kidnapped in Cauca, as Washington weighs whether to decertify Colombia in its anti-narcotics efforts.