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66 killed as Colombian military plane crashes

BOGOTÁ, Colombia -- A Colombian military plane carrying 125 soldiers and crew members crashed on takeoff early Monday, killing at least 66 people and...

Colombia, Ecuador leaders clash over bomb dropped

BOGOTA – The leaders of Colombia and Ecuador sparred Tuesday over allegations that the Ecuadoran bombing of suspected criminal hideouts near their shared border...

Colombia complains over exclusion from alliance

BOGOTA—Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday (Tuesday, Manila time) complained about the exclusion of his country —the world’s biggest cocaine producer— from a new...

Colombian senator seized, president targeted

BOGOTA – A Colombian senator was rescued from kidnappers Tuesday as the country’s president reported an attempt on his own life in the run-up...

Trump invites Colombia president to White House

BOGOTA – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) invited his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to the White House, just days after...

Colombian leader tells Trump: ‘Stop slandering me’

BOGOTA—Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro on Sunday (Monday, Manila time) rejected threats by his US counterpart Donald Trump who also accused him of being a...

Colombia’s Petro in hot water

BOGOTA – Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro published his bank statements this week to disprove Washington’s allegations of financial crimes, only to find himself in...

Young Colombian mourns kidnapped slain brother

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia – At a morgue in central Colombia, a young woman mourned her brother, a 16-year-old kidnapped by guerrillas and killed in a...

15 abducted children dead from strikes

BOGOTA – Colombian military strikes targeting guerrilla fighters have claimed the lives of 15 children since August, all of whom were abducted by the...

Colombian president Petro berates Trump over extrajudicial ‘executions’

BOGOTA – Colombia’s leftist president ramped up denunciations of Donald Trump’s anti-drug air strikes and swatted aside US threats to freeze hundreds of millions...

33 Colombian soldiers freed after capture

BOGOTA – Some 33 Colombian soldiers were freed Thursday (Friday Manila time) after being held captive for three days in a southeastern Amazonian community...

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...

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...

Colombia government in crisis after president calls for cabinet resignation

Bogotá, Colombia—Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday called for his ministers and other senior officials to step down, as tensions soared in the government days...
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