Colombia today passed a law overhauling a decades-long legal framework for dealing with rebel groups in a landmark win for ...

President Abelardo De La Espriella ordered an intensified military deployment in Planadas, Tolima, after a car bomb killed four people, including a two-month-old baby, on Sunday night.

Resolution 1037 enables the pedagogical use of mobile phones starting from the eighth grade, provided there is a clear ...

Investigations revealed that Castellanos was traveling in an armored vehicle with his 12-year-old son when a cyclist struck ...

With over 99% of the tables declared, it is now obvious that Abelardo de la Espriella has won the 2026 Colombian presidential election. Our guide clues you on what his presidency will look like and ...

President Gustavo Petro. Image credit: @infopresidencia via X. Just days away from Colombia’s first-round presidential election, incumbent President Gustavo Petro continues to sound the alarm about ...

Medellín is hailed globally as an example of innovation and transformation – but that’s only part of the city’s story Many of the comunas are built on the steep hills of Medellín. All photos: Courtesy ...

Armored vehicles deployed to Santa Marta this week. Image credit: @FuerzasMilCol via X. Santa Marta woke up under heavy military and police protection Wednesday after violence blamed on the Los ...

Confused about the 2026 Colombian presidential elections? We’re here to help you with a set of cheat sheets on the top candidates so you can follow the local news. First we’re looking at Abelardo de ...

A large military contingent has been sent to Cauca today to halt clashes between members of the Nasa and Misak communities fighting over ancestral territory. The first of 500 troops arrived in Popayán ...

A hippo in Hacienda Nápoles, the ranch where Pablo Escobar first introduced them. Photo: S. Hide. After years of debate over the fate of Colombia’s wild hippos – during which the feral beasts have ...

As darkness falls, protests in Bogotá continue. Here’s what happened today. The national strike in Colombia started with music and dancing. In Bogotá, protestors blocked roads and prevented ...