In the weeks before Edgar Tumiñá was killed with nine shots to his head, the indigenous leader had taken every precaution to avoid being seen while visiting his family in Toribio, a town in the ...

In 2022, the Gulf Clan shut down dozens of towns in northern Colombia for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the U.S. for trial. The arrests come as Colombia suffers its worst ...

Colombia has declared a national emergency due to a yellow fever outbreak, urging vaccination and caution during travel. The virus, with a nearly 50% mortality rate, has caused 34 deaths among 74 ...

President Gustavo Petro holds a sword that once belonged to independence hero Simón Bolívar during a speech to supporters outside Congress in Bogotá, Colombia, Thursday, May 1, 2025 ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The White House is urging Colombia to halt the implementation of new auto safety regulations that could jeopardize American car exports to Colombia, as both nations ...

BOGOTA, April 17 (Reuters) - The Colombian government will suspend a ceasefire with a faction of what was once the armed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, it said on ...

Get in touch with Chloe Mayer by emailing [email protected] Americans have been urged to reconsider traveling to Colombia after the U.S. State Department updated its guidance on the region in ...

In Colombia’s Cauca province, the lush mountains of Micay Canyon are now home to one of the world’s most potent cocaine supply lines. Nearly every patch of fertile land is blanketed with coca ...

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GENEVA – As violence escalates and humanitarian needs intensify across Colombia, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warns that years of progress in protecting and integrating displaced populations risk ...

Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem also traveled to Colombia in late March to meet with her counterpart there, Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia. Noem said that she had a "candid" conversation with ...