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US government personnel cannot travel freely throughout Colombia for security reasons.

Beginning 4am on January 15, 2021 visitors who have been in or transited through Colombia in the previous 10 days cannot enter the UK. British and Irish nationals, and third country nationals with residence rights in the UK arriving in the UK from Colombia will need to...

According to an Insight Crime report, continued threats by criminal groups have led park rangers in Colombia’s protected areas of the Amazon rainforest to abandon their posts, leaving these territories to fall under the control of gangs.

Mercury contamination caused by illegal mining in Colombia’s Amazon is threatening the welfare of Indigenous communities who are now seeking legal action against the government. Late last year, a group of affected Indigenous communities presented a lawsuit against the government...

As with the nation at large, most areas of Colombia are struggling to achieve growth. But certain segments and indicators are showing positive signs.

Branded as the Route of Financial Inclusion, Banco de Bogotá's bus campaign has already visited the departments of Cauca, Caquetá, and Huila this year.

"Ecopetrol expresses its strong opposition to the protests that have been introduced to El Doncello, Caquetá," said the oil giant.

"Our farmers produce some of the best coffee in the world, but the conflict has meant many have had to leave their farms," says Robert Velez of Colombia's coffee federation.

According to reports in El Tiempo, the former mayor of Milán, Caquetá is being extradited to the US to face charges for narcotics trafficking. Jhon Eduarth Monje Alvarado has been indicted by a Texas court of belonging to an organized trafficking ring that has moved close to 100...