The Latest Breaking News from Bogotá

Venezuelan deportee can return to US but fears repeat of ordeal: ‘I’m not over that nightmare yet’

Luis Muñoz Pinto, 27, who was sent to notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador, would like to clear his name after US judge’s ruling

The Guardian - US · Feb 14

Beatriz González obituary

Colombian artist whose haunting work dealt with questions of power and conflict for six decades

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18

Colombia and US vow joint fight against drug-smuggling guerillas, Bogotá says

Washington and Bogotá have enjoyed security cooperation for decades but ties have deteriorated since Trump began his second term last January.

Euronews · Jan 8

Two Venezuelan exiles wounded in ‘targeted’ shooting in Colombia

Nobel peace prize winner María Corina Machado blames Nicolás Maduro’s government for attack in Bogotá

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2025

Venezuelan Refugees and Activists Shot in Colombia After Fleeing Maduro Regime

Two Venezuelan exiles living in Colombia, political consultant Luis Peche Arteaga and human rights activist Yendri Velásquez, were shot and wounded Monday afternoon in northern Bogotá.

Latin Times · Oct 13, 2025

Andrea Peña & Artists: Bogotá review – writhing, sweaty dancefloor revolt is exhausting

The Dance Umbrella festival opens with a bold yet alienating piece inspired by mythology and magical realism

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2025

Senator Miguel Uribe Dies at 39 – Decades After His Mother's Murder in 1991: What Happened?

Colombian senator and 2026 presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, has died two months after being shot at a Bogotá rally, reviving painful memories of his mother Diana Turbay's 1991 killing.

International Business Times UK · Aug 11, 2025

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe dies after June campaign shooting

Rightwing presidential hopeful, who had been in hospital in Bogotá since shooting, has died aged 39

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

A Colombian senator shot in June falls back into critical condition after hemorrhaging

Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was shot in June during a campaign rally in Bogotá and remains hospitalized, has experienced a hemorrhage in his nervous system

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2025

Alvaro Uribe Becomes First Former Colombian President To Be Criminally Convicted

Álvaro Uribe, Colombian president from 2002 to 2010, was found guilty of bribing witnesses and abuse of process by a Bogotá court

Latin Times · Jul 29, 2025