The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

‘The PCC are after me’: the drug cartel with Paraguay in its clutches

A Brazilian former prison gang is threatening to turn its neighbour into a narcostate and its deadly tentacles extend much further

The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2022

Colombia’s president-elect talks to Maduro about reopening border with Venezuela

Colombia’s president-elect Gustavo Petro is wasting no time in fulfilling his promise of normalizing relations between his country and the socialist regime in Caracas, discussing with Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro the reopening of the border between the two nations three days after winning the election.

Miami Herald · Jun 23, 2022

Latin America's new 'pink tide' gains pace as Colombia shifts left; Brazil up next

Latin America's new "pink tide" is gaining pace after Colombia elected its first leftist leader Gustavo Petro, with Brazil expected to follow suit in elections in October, an echo of a regional political shift in the early 2000s.

Reuters · Jun 22, 2022

'I escaped my home country disguised as a grandmother in a wheelchair to flee to Wales'

Niloha Rangel, who is a doctor, fled her home country of Venezuela by disguising herself as an old woman in a wheelchair as she crossed the Venzuelan-Colombian border

Wales Online · Jun 21, 2022

Colombian voters elect country's first Black vice president

As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists and chose one as their new president, they also have carved out another milestone — electing for the first time a Black politician to be vice president

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Colombia's new president was once part of a guerrilla group with a wild history. Now he promises social change

Colombia's new President, Gustavo Petro, was once a member of M-19 — a wild rebel group that stole the Sword of Simon Bolivar and is rumoured to have worked with and against Pablo Escobar.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

Colombia rebels open to talks with new president

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Reuters · Jun 20, 2022

Petro faces challenges to deliver Colombians promised change

Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as its next president, but the narrow victory with only a 3-percentage-point margin is a cue that a large portion of the South American country rejects the ambitious proposals of Gustavo Petro

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Colombia ELN rebel group open to peace talks with next president Gustavo Petro

Colombian leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) is open to advancing peace talks with the incoming government of President-elect Gustavo Petro, it said on Monday, and called for reforms to tackle social exclusion and inequality.

Reuters · Jun 20, 2022

Gustavo Petro: first leftist president faces tough challenge in Colombia

Despite the election euphoria, Petro has a thin mandate and is viewed with suspicion by many

The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2022