The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

Colombia considers suspending ceasefire with armed group after new attacks

The group has been linked with two bombings in the southeastern province of Cauca, where four people were killed

Latin Times · May 22, 2024

Colombia’s Javier Reyes feels close to reaching UFC dream: ‘I’m more than ready to kill it’

Colombia's Javier Reyes hopes his eight-fight winning streak gets him a shot at the UFC.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 22, 2024

Trump slams judge moments after leaving hush money trial: ‘Take a look at where he comes from’

Trump hit out at Colombia-born New York Justice Juan Merchan on the final day of witness testimony

The Independent UK · May 21, 2024

Police Officers Killed As Colombia Rebels Launch Gun, Bomb Attacks

Colombian guerrilla fighters on Monday killed two police officers and two other people in separate gun and bomb attacks that injured at least seven in the country's restive southwest, officials said.

International Business Times · May 21, 2024

Violence intensifies in southwest Colombia as FARC holdout group attacks police and military

Violence has intensified in southwestern Colombia with a bomb blast injuring six people in the city of Jamundi and an attack by insurgents on a police station in the rural town of Morales leaving at least two officers dead

The Independent UK · May 20, 2024

Blood moon whips up patriarchal hysteria in coming-of-age Cannes movie

“Mi Bestia”, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival’s parallel segment ACID, follows a 13-year-old Bogota girl grappling with adolescence amid an impending lunar eclipse said to bring the devil to earth. FRANCE 24 spoke to director Camila Beltrán, whose debut feature offers a visually bold study of patriarchal oppression…

France 24 · May 20, 2024

Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude brings fame to Gabriel García Márquez’s Colombian hometown

Locals hope TV adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude will bring new life to Aracataca, birthplace of author’s magical realism

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2024

Another front opens for Colombia's Petro as prison mutiny sees murder of warden

Local media reported that other prisons across the country are in turmoil as well, with criminal gangs operating within

Latin Times · May 17, 2024

Venezuelan hardliner labels Colombian FM a 'puppet of the empire' over discussions on power transition

"Speak about transition again, see what happens," said Diosdado Cabello, who also accused the minister of "working" for the United States

Latin Times · May 16, 2024

United States Removes Cuba From List Of Countries 'Not Cooperating Fully' Against Terrorism

The State Department noted that Cuba was added to the list in 2022 after the South American country refused to talk with Colombia over extradition of members of the National Liberation Army group, also known as ELN.

Latin Times · May 16, 2024