Does Colombia face a passport drought?

Government attempts to calms fears amid concern over printing contract. Move to shift passport printing to nationalized company has created...

Hunt ends for key criminal in plot to kill senator

Alias El Costeño caught in Bogotá after a month on the run, bringing hope that the intellectual authors of attack on Miguel Uribe will soon be...

Plots thicken for President Petro in region’s political hothouse

Colombian mandate confronts coup rumors at home even as a strange story emerges of a clandestine meet with an Ecuadorian drug lord. President...

“No Copper”messages aim to stop cable theft

Telecom giant paints the Bogotá pavements as part of a campaign to keep networks intact. Yellow lettering stating "there's no copper" is ETB's...

Arrests made but still questions in Miguel Uribe shooting

It’s been three weeks since the presidential candidate barely survived gunfire in a Bogotá park. Some criminals have been netted - but the big...

Battle of the bike lanes

Campaigners warn of plan to allow electric motorbikes on city's cycle routes Pedestrians, bicycles and e-bikes already share Bogotá's congested...

Colombia closer to BRICS – but at what cost?

President Petro meeting NDB chief and Dilma Rousseff in Shanghai in May, when he applied for Colombia to join the development bank. Photo credit:...

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...

New corruption charges against Petro’s ex-Finance Minister and Chief of Staff

Corruption charges against Colombia’s ex-Finance Minister, Ricardo Bonilla, and former head of the Presidential Administrative Department (DAPRE),...

Colombian President Petro launches last-ditch effort to pass flagship reforms

President Gustavo Petro. Image credit: @infopresidencia via X. President Gustavo Petro announced on Tuesday, June 3, that he will move forward...