The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

Colombia has shortlisted a French bid to sell 16 Rafale fighter planes to the South American nation for up to $3.15 billion, the Colombian government said on Wednesday.

In Colombia, they call it “muerte civil,” civil death. In the United States, some lawyers prefer to call it purgatory, while others describe it as being closer to hell.

Migrants recently arrived from Venezuela and Colombia enjoy a holiday party at the Salvation Army’s Shield of Hope Center, but many are homesick for loved ones left behind.

Colombia has lost 86,985 hectares (214,944 acres) of Amazon jungle in the first nine months of the year while fires burned through swathes of felled areas, a local advocacy group said on Monday.

Peru's foreign ministry Monday called Colombian President Gustavo Petro's recent and repeated statements about the political crisis in Peru an "unacceptable interference" in its domestic affairs.

Colombian leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) on Monday declared a nine-day unilateral ceasefire over the Christmas period, as part of a bid to support peace talks with the Andean country's government, which urged other illegal armed groups to follow suit.

Tangled expanses of Amazon rainforest, high mountains of the Himalayas, and cloud-shrouded forests are just some of the unique landscapes contained within the world's most nature-rich nations. And protecting these ecosystems, experts say, could help save the planet.

Men were pardoned in April 2020, but after reviewing evidence the court concluded they had not come clean about their trip

Colombia's government on Wednesday called on the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group to suspend a so-called armed strike planned for the northwest of the country, after advocacy group Human Rights Watch warned the ELN may conduct a strike later this week.

A United Nations multi-donor fund will donate a record $55 million to help establish peace in Colombia in 2023, with programs focused on rural reform, protecting social leaders, and supporting conflict victims, officials and ambassadors said on Wednesday.

The Colombian government's plans to buy parcels of land and deliver them to rural communities as part of a promised agricultural reform will develop gradually, Agriculture Minister Cecilia Lopez said on Tuesday, citing availability of funds and a complex process.