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The Colombian government agreed to purchase 3 million hectares of land from ranchers to boost its agrarian reform in the framework of the Peace Agreement. But this task will most probably be passed to the next governments.

Petro's new appointments seem to be a bid to calm fears of a radical, militant presidency.

Colombia's June presidential runoff will pit a former leftist rebel guerilla against a construction magnate who lost his daughter to leftist rebel guerillas.

Poor Marquez is either sadly confused and bewildered, or worse, is so brazen as to not give a damn what she said.

A recount shows the opposition was slighted by at least 390,000 votes so far, though the government spokesman swears fraud is impossible.

"If it's bad politics is to demand bribes, if a bad politician one who demands kickbacks...I am the worst politician of all!" - Gabriel Vallejo

Colombia's "Comité Nacional de Paro," a coalition of labor unions and syndicalist groups has called for national strikes in Colombia for the 2nd time this year, after the government released a revised fiscal package.

What can observers take from events in Peru? And what takeaways are relevant for Colombia’s upcoming 2022 elections, and for economic and civil liberty more broadly in the Americas? Daniel Raisbeck has some prescient observations.

Colombian President Ivan Duque's withdrawal of his controversial tax hikes were not enough to stop nationwide protests in Colombia. The reason the protests continue vary, with much legitimate discontent and dissatisfaction, but provocateurs and common criminality must also be...

Colombian President Ivan Duque announced that he was asking Congress to withdraw from consideration his fiscal reform package, brainchild of his Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla. The controversial package was put forward to broaden the Colombian government’s revenue base,...