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The amount of powdered cocaine extracted from a single hectare of coca increased by more than one kilogram in just a year. Potential cocaine output jumped from 6.7 kilograms per hectare in 2019 to 7.9 kilograms in 2020, according to the UNODC report. Three factors are possibly...

The helicopter carrying Colombian President Ivan Duque was shot 6 times as it approached the airport in Cúcuta, a Colombian city that borders Venezuela. The US-made Black Hawk military helicopter was able to land safely after taking fire.

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...

Colombian authorities have discovered that an important water resource is under threat from illegal mining in a rural area of Cúcuta, revealing that the region is dealing with far more than the well publicized border crisis with Venezuela. In a visit to Palmarito, in the north of...

Ecopetrol did not identify who attacked the pipeline, but a Reuters reports states that military sources believe ELN guerrillas were responsible.