39+ min ago   (733+ words) Colombia’s Vice President Jose Manuel Restrepo presented this Sunday the five “major missions” that, as he explained, were entrusted to him by President Abelardo De la Espriella to advance the construction of what the government calls the “Miracle Homeland.” (Patria…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago   (377+ words) One year ago today, the American political landscape was violently fractured when conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated in a brazen daylight shooting. On the first anniversary of his death, Kirk’s assassination remains a defining…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (749+ words) Marco Rubio left open on Tuesday a possibility that for decades would have been difficult to imagine in Colombia: that the United States could directly expand its military presence on Colombian territory, including military bases, troops and, eventually, operations against…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (327+ words) That decision by Petro, in turn, had rolled back Decree 333 issued during the government of his predecessor, Ivan Duque, which had provided that this type of lawsuit for the protection of constitutional rights be assigned in the first instance to…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (568+ words) In Tolima, the regional authority Cortolima had treated 37 wild animals by Aug. 26: nine died, six were released, and 22 remained in its wildlife care center. In Cundinamarca, 14 animals were treated after August fires; 11 died, two were transferred to the National University’s…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (846+ words) The government of President Abelardo De la Espriella is facing a new clash with Colombia’s justice system, this time over the publication of images of the bodies of members of criminal groups killed during operations by the Armed Forces and…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (762+ words) One month after the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that struck Colombia on August 10, the tragedy has left an official toll of 331 dead, 4,505 injured, and 111 missing. The earthquake affected 466,709 people from 296,738 families and caused severe damage to homes, hospitals, schools, roads, and other…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (605+ words) Juliana Guerrero, a former aide and close political ally of former Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has admitted that she presented false university degrees to qualify for positions in his government, bringing a dramatic new development to a scandal that has…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (794+ words) Colombia wants to recover a figure that for years was one of the main indicators of the strength of its oil industry: producing one million barrels of crude oil a day, something that has not happened in more than a…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (850+ words) The civil lawsuit against retired Colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega over the death of Judge Carlos Horacio Uran is once again putting Colombia’s Palace of Justice at the center of the debate, in a case that seems never to be…...