The governments of the United States and Colombia are seeking a new bilateral counternarcotics strategy. In a press statement, the so-called Counternarcotics Work Group said officials from both countries have…
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill that banned American defense funds for the aerial spraying of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, in Colombia. The bill that…
Colombia’s far-right President Ivan Duque swore the nephew of a convicted drug trafficker in as his new ambassador in the United States on Monday. The new ambassador to Washington DC,…
The “new threat” to Colombia’s national security is “low-intensity urban terrorism,” the country’s defense minister insisted on Monday. Defense Minister Diego Molano and far-right President Ivan Duque contradicted each other…
A subcommittee of the United States’ House of Representatives voted to conditionally approve aid to Colombia’s security forces after a surge in police brutality. The Subcommittee on Appropriations for Foreign…
The PR people of US President Joe Biden and his Colombian counterpart Ivan Duque failed to present coherent accounts of the two leaders’ first call on Monday. The press secretaries…
Members of US Congress called on the government of President Joe Biden to suspend all aid to Colombia’s police, which is being accused of gross human rights violations to quell…
Colombia’s peace process is “essential” for the US government’s counternarcotics efforts in the country, embassy officials told newspaper El Tiempo. Two US Embassy officials said that the counternarcotics policy of…
Colombia’s former President Juan Manuel Santos asked US President Joe Biden to reverse a decision to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. Santos made the requested on behalf…