The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

Colombia's government, largest remaining rebel group agree to cease-fire at talks in Cuba

Colombia’s government and the country’s largest remaining guerrilla group declared a cease-fire agreement during talks in Cuba, the latest attempt to resolve a conflict dating back to the 1960s

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2023

Here's one route where immigration has slowed since Biden's new U.S. border rules

A popular immigration passageway saw a drop right when the U.S. passed new rules imposing criminal prosecution and requiring proof an asylum-seeker was previously denied in another country.

WEKU · Jun 9, 2023

Man falls over cliff to his death after getting caught in swarm of bees

Jhon Alexánder Soto Suaza was walking home from work in Colombia on 29 May when he decided to take a shortcut

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023

Recordings shake confidence in Colombia's leftist government, jeopardize reforms

A corruption scandal that has shaken Colombia’s first leftist government and undermined its ability to carry out ambitious reforms has grown following the release of several voice messages featuring the nation’s former ambassador to Venezuela

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Colombia's lower house freezes reform debates amid voice memo scandal

Colombia's lower house on Monday said it would freeze debates on government-backed social reforms, as former high-ranking officials in President Gustavo Petro's administration were called to give evidence over alleged campaign financing irregularities.

Reuters · Jun 5, 2023

Colombian president’s allies resign amid illegal wiretapping scandal

Inquiry reveals phone calls of Gustavo Petro’s aide’s nanny were intercepted in ‘grotesque’ abuse of power

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

Colombia to offer Swahili lessons in schools in nod to African heritage

Swahili will be taught in Colombian schools as a foreign language option, Colombia’s vice president has announced. She says the move will help Afro-Colombians reconnect with their roots, but it caused an outcry among her opponents on the right.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 4, 2023

Oscar Murillo: ‘I work on canvases for years. It’s like making really good wines’

The artist on lockdown back in Colombia, sharing the Turner prize, and his new political hero

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

‘You’re looking to die’: the Brazil river where illegal fishing threatens lives

Poaching of endangered species flourishes despite widespread outcry – but sustainable fishing could end the violence engulfing the trade

The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2023

EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in Darien Gap

Panama has unveiled a new effort to control illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap that spans its eastern border with Colombia

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2023