BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president on Tuesday reduced wages for members of Congress by approximately 30%, as the South American nation faces a budget crunch and gets…
Read more Colombia slashes wages for its legislators as public spending balloons ahead of electionThe Colombian military said Monday it had opened an investigation into allegations that senior army and intelligence officials advised the leader of an armed drug-trafficking group about how…
Read more Colombia Orders Probe Into Ties Between Military and Drug TraffickersColombian President Gustavo Petro.. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Bogotá, Colombia Colombian President Gustavo Petro escalated an ongoing feud with President Donald Trump at a pre-meeting of the COP30…
Read more Colombian President Petro compares Trump to Nazis, says he is ‘against mankind’The U.S. carried out three new lethal strikes on four vessels allegedly operated by drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. In…
Read more 14 Killed in U.S. Strikes on Four Alleged Drug Boats in Eastern PacificWASHINGTON—The Treasury Department has sanctioned Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his family, alleging his government has aided drug traffickers. “President Petro has allowed drug cartels to flourish and…
Read more U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Colombia’s President Over Drug-Trafficking AccusationsMEXICO CITY — The United States has widened its military campaign against alleged drug traffickers in Latin America, announcing on Wednesday that its forces had struck a boat purportedly smuggling…
Read more U.S. widens war against suspected drug traffickers with strike off the Pacific coast of ColombiaMEXICO CITY — For decades, Colombia and the United States have been devoted allies, sharing military intelligence, a robust trade relationship and a multibillion-dollar fight against drug trafficking. Now that…
Read more Airstrikes and insults: Trump’s new Latin America crisisPresident Trump’s vow to intervene against drug smugglers in Colombia widened a U.S. counternarcotics campaign in Latin America that began with military strikes on oceangoing boats but is…
Read more Trump Turns Up Heat on Latin AmericaPresident Trump said the U.S. would stop aid payments to Colombia, for decades a close U.S. ally, because of the country’s drug production. Trump, in a social-media post…
Read more Trump Says U.S. Is Cutting Aid to Colombia Over DrugsThe rifle is made of 85% nationally manufactured components, with the goal being to reach full domestic manufacturing capabilities over the next few years. Colombia has unveiled its…
Read more Colombia unveils new ‘Miranda’ rifle to replace Israeli GalilBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a 2024 law banning bullfights in the South American country, and it went further in protecting animal rights…
Read more Colombia’s Constitutional Court upholds bullfighting ban and adds cockfighting prohibitionBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A car bomb and a separate attack on a police helicopter in Colombia killed at least 13 people on Thursday, according to authorities. President…
Read more Car bomb and helicopter attack in Colombia kill at least 13 people, including police officersBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Electoral authorities in Colombia on Tuesday ruled in favor of investigating financial misconduct allegations against the 2022 campaign that got President Gustavo Petro elected.…
Read more Colombian electoral authorities open investigation against President Petro’s 2022 campaignThe president of Colombia has compared the “genocide of the Palestinian people” to climate change. Speaking at COP28 on Friday, Gustavo Petro linked the Israel-Gaza conflict to the…
Read more 'Palestinian genocide' compared to climate change at COP28Cajibio (CNN) — On a recent Friday morning, about 200 coca and marijuana farmers gathered in the small town of Cajibio, southwestern Colombia, to hear the government out.…
Read more Colombia’s marijuana farmers want out of the shadows. Will the government ever legalize their harvest? | News – Medical Marijuana Program ConnectionCNN — Four young children have been found alive after more than a month wandering the Amazon where they survived like “children of the jungle,” according to Colombia’s…
Read more Missing children found after 40 days in Amazon survived like ‘children of the jungle,’ Colombian president says | CNNBOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Friday that authorities found alive four children who survived a small plane crash 40 days ago and had been…
Read more 4 Children Lost In The Jungle For 40 Days After A Plane Crash Are Found Alive In ColombiaCNNE — What began as a hopeful announcement of a six-month ceasefire with the National Liberation Army (ELN) and other armed groups in Colombia, has ended in a…
Read more Why Colombia was forced to backtrack on a promising ceasefire announcement | CNNBUCARAMANGA, Colombia — Colombia and Venezuela on Sunday opened a key bridge linking the countries that had been closed for almost seven years amid political tensions, launching an…
Read more Colombia, Venezuela open key binational bridge as ties warmMEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Julia gained more strength moving westward in the southern Caribbean on Saturday as authorities prepared for a possible hurricane on Colombian islands and…
Read more Tropical Storm Julia strengthens as it heads for Nicaragua
