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Colombia presidential hopeful dies after being shot in June—wife

Bogotá, Colombia—Colombian presidential candidate Miguel Uribe has died two months after being shot in the head at a campaign event, his wife announced early Monday...

Court nixes ex-leader Uribe’s house arrest bid

BOGOTA – A Colombian court on Monday (Tuesday Manila time) turned down a request by ex-president Alvaro Uribe to be granted temporary freedom while...

Colombia arrests man suspected of organizing hit on politician

Bogotá, Colombia—Colombian police probing the attempted assassination of a prominent right-wing presidential candidate arrested on Saturday a man they believe hired the teenager accused of...

Teen hitmen plague Colombia decades after Escobar hired kids to kill

Bogotá, Colombia—Decades after drug lord Pablo Escobar notoriously built a small army of child hitmen to murder police officers, judges and politicians, Colombia is still...

Teen hitmen plague Colombia decades after Escobar hired army of kids to kill

BOGOTA, Colombia – Decades after drug lord Pablo Escobar notoriously built a small army of child hitmen to murder police officers, judges and politicians,...

7 dead as Colombia rocked by wave of harmonized bombings, gun attacks

CALI, Colombia – Colombia was rocked by a string of 24 coordinated bomb and gun attacks that killed at least seven people across the...

Colombia president hints at conspiracy after candidate shot

Bogotá, Colombia—Colombia's leftist leader Gustavo Petro claimed Monday that a gravely injured presidential candidate's security detail was "strangely reduced" before he was shot, stoking suggestions...

6.3 magnitude quake shakes central Colombia

PARATEBUENO, Colombia—Buildings swayed, sirens blared and panicked Colombians raced onto the streets Sunday after a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the center of the...

Powerful 6.3 magnitude quake shakes central Colombia

Paratebueno, Colombia—Buildings swayed, sirens blared and panicked Colombians raced onto the streets Sunday after a shallow 6.3 magnitude earthquake rattled the center of the country. The...

Colombian pres’l bet has successful surgery after attack

BOGOTA, Colombia – A prominent Colombian right-wing presidential candidate who was shot during a campaign event in Bogota has successfully undergone initial surgery, the...

Colombia’s Uribe ‘fights for life’ after initial surgery from gunshots

Bogotá, Colombia—A prominent Colombian right-wing presidential candidate who was shot during a campaign event in Bogota has successfully undergone initial surgery, the city's mayor said...

10 dead in Colombia university outing bus accident

Bogotá, Colombia—A field trip by students and their professors ended in tragedy Saturday when their bus crashed in western Colombia, killing at least 10 people...

Marcos eyes stronger ties with Colombia, Cambodia and Ukraine

President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. expressed optimism about strengthening diplomatic ties with Colombia, Cambodia, and Ukraine, emphasizing goals of lasting peace and prosperity. President Marcos...

Colombia warns Trump vs. drug blacklisting

BOGOTA—Colombia’s defense minister on Sunday (Monday, Manila time) warned Donald Trump’s administration against blacklisting his country for failing to curb drug exports, saying the...
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