Colombian narco militia seeks peace talks after calling ‘unilateral’ ceasefire
Feared Gulf Clan has unleashed terror campaign since arrest of leader in May but keen to talk to leftist president Gustavo Petro One of Colombia’s...
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Colombia’s first leftist president says war on drugs has failed
At his swearing in Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla, says the country is getting a ‘second chance’ to tackle violence and poverty Colombia’s first leftist...
Rare hummingbird last seen in 2010 rediscovered in Colombia
Birdwatcher ‘overcome with emotion’ on spotting the Santa Marta sabrewing, only third time it has been documented A rare hummingbird has been rediscovered by a...
Colombia presidential election: leftist former guerilla and populist outsider head to runoff
Rivals Gustavo Petro will face Rodolfo Hernández on 19 June amid growing discontent over inequality and inflation Colombia’s election will go to a runoff between...
Colombia goes to the polls in historic election that could see turn to left
Presidential frontrunner is former leftist guerrilla Gustavo Petro in country ruled for decades by the right Colombians head to the polls today in a presidential...
Paraguay’s top prosecutor killed on honeymoon on Colombian beach
Shooting of Marcelo Pecci in front of his wife decried by Paraguayan president as ‘cowardly murder’ Paraguay’s prosecutor of organised crime and drug-trafficking cases, Marcelo...
‘It’s total terror’: Colombian cartel retaliates over kingpin’s arrest
Otoniel’s Gulf Clan militiamen shut down northern regions, blocking roads and holding residents hostage in their houses Jorge, a community activist from Colombia’s conflict-ridden Chocó...
Erosion of abortion rights gathers pace around the world as US signals new era
A leaked supreme court draft ruling shows the US is set to end 50 years of a woman’s right to choose. Elsewhere, the battle still...
‘The smell is terrible’: toxic foam clouds float through streets of Bogotá suburb
Foul-smelling foam blankets homes and businesses and sends residents of Mosquera fleeing, as officials say don’t get too close A vast blanket of foul-smelling toxic...
Colombia urged to investigate botched army raid that left four civilians dead
March raid in remote Putumayo village was intended to target former Farc dissidents now involved in cocaine trade Colombian authorities are facing growing calls to...
