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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...

Biden praises Colombia prexy rights record

Colombian President Gustavo Petro told President Joe Biden in their first meeting Thursday that he supports lifting sanctions on the far-left government in Venezuela...

Maduro hosts Colombia’s Petro for ‘very fruitful’ talks

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro made a surprise trip to meet his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on Saturday—their second face-to-face after the thawing of a...

Colombia strikes 6-month ceasefire deal with 5 main armed groups

Bogota—Colombia’s government has agreed to a six-month ceasefire with the five largest armed groups still active after a 2016 peace pact failed to bring...

Colombia strikes ceasefire deal with armed groups

Colombia’s government has agreed to a six-month ceasefire with the five largest armed groups operating in the country, President Gustavo Petro announced on New...

Landslide in Colombia: Three dead, 20 trapped

Bogota—A landslide engulfed a road Sunday in Colombia, killing three people and leaving some 20 trapped in the mud, authorities said. Crews were searching for...

Petro sworn in as Colombia’s first leftist Chief Executive

Bogota—Gustavo Petro on Sunday took the oath of office as Colombia’s first-ever leftist president, before a crowd of hundreds of thousands at his inauguration...
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