Clash with election authorities threatens Petro’s Historic Pact coalition

Historic Pact ballot. Image credit: @PactoCol via X. Bogotá, Colombia – Daniel Quintero, a candidate for the ruling Pacto Histórico...

UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson rejected from Colombia as ‘threat to national security’

Tommy Robinson at Speakers' Corner. Image credit: Shayan Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn via Wikimedia Commons. Prominent British far-right...

Tibú takes off: Airstrip revival lifts hopes amid Colombia’s conflict

Children play on Tibú's airstrip. Image credit: Alfie Pannell. Bogotá, Colombia – The inaugural flight of a new commercial route from Cúcuta...

Medellín named third best city for food in the world

Medellín at night. Image credit: Pixabay. Medellín has been named the third best city in the world for food in TimeOut Magazine’s global...

An independent aid mission to the Catatumbo

In the indigenous Barí language, Catatumbo means ‘house of thunder.’ The name reflects a unique geography of mountains and rivers that produces...

ELN begins 72-hour armed strike amid clashes with Clan del Golfo in Chocó 

ELN fighters. Image credit: Brasil de Fato via Flickr A 72-hour ‘paro armado’, or armed strike, by the National Liberation Army (ELN) began...

American actors Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney add Bogotá team to soccer portfolio

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Image credit: @vancityreynolds via Instagram A star-studded investment consortium has acquired Bogotá soccer...

Child marriage abolished in Colombia after 17 year campaign

Photo courtesy of Donka Atanassova Iakimova via Twitter The Colombian senate has unanimously approved a law that will ban marriage for under-18s...

Colombian government hopes to prove climate credentials as COP16 opens in Cali

The government’s conservation efforts have been undermined by rebel groups in the Amazon The United Nations Biodiversity Conference opened in...

President Gustavo Petro to force through 2025 Colombian national budget by decree: Finance Minister

The move is unprecedented in modern Colombian history and may produce economic volatility President Gustavo Petro plans to force through the 2025...