Colombian elite backed death squads, former paramilitary commander says
Salvatore Mancuso testified to peace tribunal that rightwing AUC worked hand in glove with business, military and political elite A notorious former commander of Colombia’s...
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‘Terrifying’: Critics decry US plan to stop migrants at Darién Gap
Deal with Colombia and Panama aims to halt refugees crossing the lawless jungle region, but some say dangers will only increase A US-backed plan to...
Calls for action on Colombia’s hippo scourge after animal dies in road crash
Dead creature was one of 150 descendants of four hippos imported by drug baron Pablo Escobar in 1980s Colombia has logged its first hippopotamus-caused road...
Almost half of human rights defenders killed last year were in Colombia
The county was the deadliest for rights activists in 2022, and Latin America and Ukraine together accounted for 80% of the 401 deaths Colombia was...
Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia – report
Authorities have blamed the growing of coca – the base ingredient of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwise Cattle-ranching, not cocaine,...
‘Out of your league’: Shakira song mocking ex Gerard Piqué breaks YouTube record
Video with DJ Bizarrap ridiculing footballer’s new relationship racks up 63m views in 24 hours A savage new song by Shakira in which the Colombian...
Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group denies agreeing to national ceasefire
Statement contradicts president’s announcement of six-month truce between country’s five largest armed groups Colombia’s largest remaining guerrilla group has contradicted government claims that they had...
Colombia activist murders reach record high of 199 this year
Human rights ombudsman decries ‘alarming and unprecedented figure’ owing to attacked by illegal armed groups tied to drug trade Colombia will end the year with...
Colombian government and ELN rebels begin new effort to end 60 years of war
Negotiations with leftist guerrillas in Caracas are part of President Gustavo Petro’s promise to bring ‘total peace’ Negotiators from the Colombian government and the leftist...
At least 20 killed and 14 injured in bus crash in Colombia
TV images show bus flipping over between south-western cities of Pasto and Popayán At least 20 people were killed and at least 14 injured after...
