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Jan 17
“More than 30 killed in ELN offensive in northeast Colombia”

More than 30 people were allegedly killed in northeast Colombia since Thursday when…

Jan 16
Colombia asks Venezuela to release political prisoners

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro called on his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro…

Jan 13
Choco governor survives attack on convoy in western Colombia

Choco Governor Nubia Carolina Cordoba said that her convoy was attacked while…

Jan 08
Petro to shun Venezuela’s controversial inauguration of Maduro

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that he won’t attend Friday’s…

Jan 06
Former mayor assassinated in southern Colombia

Armed men assassinated the former mayor of Mocoa, the capital of the Putumayo province…

Jan 02
173 social leaders assassinated in Colombia in 2024

Deadly violence targeting community leaders and rights defenders in Colombia reduced…

Dec 26
Minimum wage in Colombia up 9.5% in 2025

Colombia’s government decreed a 9.5% minimum wage hike after employers and labor…

Dec 26
War crimes tribunal finds human remains at “Colombia’s largest open-pit mass grave”

Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced that forensic experts found human remans…

Dec 19
Former top Petro aide jailed amid corruption probe

A Bogota judge jailed the former councillor on regional issues of Colombia’s President…

Dec 12
Colombia’s congress sinks Petro’s budget finance bill

Colombia’s Congress sunk the government’s budget finance bill, which sought to close a…

Dec 09
Former Medellin Cartel boss te return to Colombia on December 12

United States authorities will repatriate former Medellin Cartel boss Fabio Ochoa on…

Dec 03
Colombia’s police raid 11 prisons in attempt to curb extortion

Colombia’s police raided 11 prisons in eight cities in an attempt to shut down…