The Arhuaco people in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have fended off incursions by Capuchin missionaries and by the illegal armed groups of Colombia's long civil conflict. They would prefer to ...

Between 2015 and 2022, there have been more than 2,133 environmentally damaging incidents involving Colombia’s oil industry. For decades Colombia’s national government in Bogota has held out ...

Colombia’s human rights watchdog is reporting that 215 human rights advocates were killed last year, the highest death toll since a peace accord was signed with leftist rebels in 2016. José ...

Colombia’s government and guerrilla group ELN said Saturday that they have overcome tensions caused by President Gustavo Petro’s false claim that the rebels had agreed to a bilateral ceasefire. The ...

NEW YORK — Walk into almost any diplomatic office in the world, and you’ll notice that the décor inevitably paints a portrait of the country its occupant represents. On this occasion ...

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The minister for mines, Irene Vélez, told world leaders the country will shift away from fossil fuels to begin a sustainable chapter Colombia’s leftwing government has announced that it will ...

Bogotá, Colombia — After promising to radically change Colombian drug policy, the administration of President Gustavo Petro has announced plans this month to reduce forced eradication efforts ...

The Latin American country of Colombia is synonymous with violence, drug cartels and cocaine trafficking after decades of bloody multiparty low level asymmetric conflict. While cocaine ...

His government held a first round of peace talks with the ELN in December. Over the weekend Petro said Colombia would hold a six-month ceasefire with the ELN and four other armed groups.

Caltrans said in a Tweet that crews are working to repair a mudslide on the westbound side of the highway. Controls are in place from state Highway 35, also known as Skyline Boulevard, to Old ...