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Venezuela produces industrial quantities of urea, tons of which are stolen and smuggled into Colombia to feed cocaine labs.

The Colombian peso moved towards 3,900 to the US dollar — and there appears little to suggest it will move it back towards the 4,200 level given current oil prices.

Otoniel is the leader of the dangerous "Clan del Golfo" based near Colombia's Caribbean coast.

A left-wing President appointing a conservative party senator to head foreign relations sends a strong message to Colombians & foreign governments.

Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter, has pledged a clean break with what he sees as the confrontational, violent policies of his predecessor.

When Duque attended a security meeting in Arauca to discuss security, ELN members appeared openly on the streets of Arauquita, a town not far from the meeting, making a mockery of the administration's efforts.

Things can get worse, much worse. But as Duque’s four year term comes towards a close, there is a practical consensus in Colombia that things could have been much better.

Moreno Ricardo's daughter says her father was wrongfully arrested, and that he is really a cattle rancher from Acandí.

Prosecutor Rashid Alí Cárcamo said one of the politician's traveling companions tried to bribe the police with a promise of 100 million pesos

Duque has insisted that Otoniel's capture marks "the end of the Gulf Clan." This is false. The group still has about 1,700 active members, according to Colombian police.