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Negotiations between Colombia and armed groups do not include a ceasefire between feuding criminal factions — and civilians remain caught in the crossfire.

Illegal mining is by far the most widespread and insidious environmental crime occurring in the Amazon’s tri-border region of Colombia, Brazil, and Peru.

There have been 173 cases recorded this year, compared to the 80 carried out during the same period in 2022 — and the real number may be even higher.

The U.S. Embassy urged Americans to practice "strong personal security practices" due to the presence of terrorist and transnational criminal organizations.

Gustavo Petro's plan proposes massive social reform and a change in Colombia's priorities. The price tag is estimated at $250 billion COP.

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

The city of Cali has offered a $70 million peso reward for information leading to the capture and prosecution of the terrorists.

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

Criminal groups from Colombia have become the major source of employment in Venezuelan villages across the border as they recruit victims of the Venezuelan crisis in order to expand and build up their criminal power, according to a report by a human rights organization. Guerrilla...

While the peace process and divisive politics in Bogotá will be thornier issues, Duque's management of the fiscal deficit will prove tricky even amid rising GDP growth rates.