Deadly violence targeting community leaders and rights defenders in Colombia reduced slightly in 2024, according to a prominent conflict monitor. According to the NGO Indepaz, 174 social leaders were assassinated…
Colombia’s government decreed a 9.5% minimum wage hike after employers and labor unions failed to reach agreement. The wage hike that will take force in January is significantly higher than…
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal JEP announced that forensic experts found human remans in a waste dump in the west of Medellin. The exhumation of at least two victims of forced…
A Bogota judge jailed the former councillor on regional issues of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro over her alleged involvement in a corruption scandal at the disaster management unit UNGRD. The…
Colombia’s Congress sunk the government’s budget finance bill, which sought to close a $2.8 billion budget gap. The congressional economy commissions voted to discard the bill weeks after voting against…
United States authorities will repatriate former Medellin Cartel boss Fabio Ochoa on December 12, according to Colombia’s police chief. In a press statement, General William Salamanca confirmed that the 67-year-old…
Colombia’s police raided 11 prisons in eight cities in an attempt to shut down inmates’ involvement in extortion. The commander of the National Police, General William Salamanca, led the operation…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that his government will impose visa requirements on British citizens in response to tightened visa requirements imposed by the United Kingdom. In a message…
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said his government seeks to ban the recruitment of mercenaries. Petro said so in response to a report of news website La Silla Vacia on the…