News of colombia

Andean leaders want Argentina, Chile, Venezuela to join regional bloc

30-08-2022 17:04 Colombian President Gustavo Petro makes his international debut at Andean Community of Nations (CAN) summit in Lima; Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru call for Argentina, Chile and Venezuela to join the bloc.

Colombia peace tribunal charges 19 soldiers for 300 murders

26-07-2022 17:11 Soldiers who committed war crimes in Colombia in the 2000s have finally been brought to justice, with the special peace tribunal charging 19 for the murder of 303 people.

51 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire

28-06-2022 17:19 At least 51 inmates have died after a fire broke out during a prison riot in southwestern Colombia.

Colombia election signals return of Latin America's left

22-06-2022 13:12 After the election of leftist leaders in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and now Colombia – and with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seemingly on track to return to office – a new political wave is sweeping Latin America.

Colombia braces for historic change with Petro as president

20-06-2022 14:17 Many major Latin American nations have elected leftist leaders at various times, but Colombia has until now only ever been governed by conservatives and liberals. The election of Gustavo Petro is also likely to shake up relations with Washington.

Could Bogotá become Petrograd?

03-06-2022 11:01 Argentina’s past might herald Colombia’s present, which might in turn offer clues for our future.

by Michael Soltys

Historic leftist win in first round of Colombian presidential vote

30-05-2022 00:11 With more than 99 percent of votes counted, preliminary results show Gustavo Petro, former Bogotá mayor and leftist ex-guerrilla, taking 40.3 percent; first round of presidential elections will culminate in a runoff against maverick outsider on June 19.

Spectre of political assassination looms over Colombian elections

17-05-2022 13:41 The spectre of assassination is haunting the electoral campaign in which the left has a real chance of taking power for the first time, in a country that has a history of political careers ending in a hail of bullets.

Colombian presidential hopeful Petro signs oath against expropriation

19-04-2022 08:36 Gustavo Petro, who leads in opinion polls ahead of Colombian elections next month, signs oath not to expropriate property if he becomes next president.

Colombian court decriminalises abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy

22-02-2022 10:31 Colombia is now the fifth Latin American country to decriminalise abortion access, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba and Guyana.