Police in Cali said Monday that they have arrested a leader of Colombia’s last-standing guerrilla group, the ELN, who was released from prison in 2017 to negotiate peace. In a…
Bogota’s police continued to violently repress peaceful protests in Colombia’s capital on Thursday despite pending lawsuits and ongoing calls to end apparently systematic human rights abuses. At least one student…
The US will spend $448 million in aid to Colombia in fiscal year 2020, $30 million more than last year. The aid package is the largest since 2011 and the…
Almost half of Colombia’s population has said they struggled to afford food over the past year as the perceived wealth gap widened, according to Gallup. The poll on income inequality…
Senators said on Thursday they will try to mediate televised talks between Colombia’s government and strike leaders who have been at the forefront of huge anti-government protests. The senators, who…
Colombia’s largest labor union accused the government of President Ivan Duque on Wednesday of using “intimidation and terror” tactics to quell ongoing anti-government protests. In a press statement, labor union…
Colombia’s former President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday denied having received illegal campaign funding from Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht in 2014. The president appeared at a hearing of the National…
Colombia’s press freedom foundation FLIP is concerned about mounting claims that the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office is illegally wiretapping journalists. In a statement, the FLIP said that the recently admitted…
Colombia’s government last week reopened the door for peace talks with the ELN guerrilla group, whose very nature makes successful talks extremely difficult. Unlike the FARC, the guerrilla group that…