Colombia

Indigenous leaders from the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking, and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna next week. They want stronger international action against criminal networks threatening their forests and communities.

Colombia's government has modified a set of guidelines that dictate how police should react to street protests, giving officers greater leeway to break up demonstrations in which protesters are vandalizing public property or disrupting access to essential services through actions like roadblocks.

Interpol has announced a major crackdown on environmental crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, leading to 233 arrests. The operation uncovered links between Amazon deforestation and companies across several continents. Over two months, authorities targeted illegal logging, gold mining, and wildlife trafficking in nine countries. They identified 60,000 hectares of illegally cleared forest.

Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella has offered legal assistance to a group of Colombian military veterans who were arrested over the 2021 killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse. The 17 Colombians were recently extradited to Florida, after being held for five years without being sentenced in Haiti.

A free Latin music concert to benefit earthquake victims in Venezuela and Colombia is happening Saturday at The Underline, Miami's 10-mile linear park and urban trail.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is beginning a three-nation tour of Latin America. Starting Tuesday, he will visit U.S.-aligned conservative leaders as the Trump adminis

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has promised to deport thousands of migrants who are in the country without residence permits. In a video released on his X account Sunday, de la Espriella said that he would order the country's national immigration service to conduct raids as early as this week.

A new Human Rights Watch report says drug gangs and rebel groups in Colombia are increasingly recruiting children for dangerous tasks, including piloting drones carrying explosives. The report published Monday also highlights how the groups use social media to recruit children, especially in rural areas.

Recovering from the devastating earthquake that hit Colombia earlier this month will be particularly challenging for Choco, a remote region that has long struggled with high poverty rates, poor infrastructure and underfunded health and education services. According to the U.N. humanitarian agency, 69,000 people in Choco were affected or displaced by the earthquake.

The concert in Miami will be livestreamed on TelevisaUnivision platforms and iHeartLatino. Additional benefits are planned, including a concert by Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel in Los Angeles.

At least 265 people died in the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the country's west on Monday. The devastation has tested Colombia's new president, Abelardo de la Espriella.

Crews searched through rubble in Colombia after a powerful earthquake left thousands missing. President Abelardo de la Espriella said Tuesday that at least 181 people died in the cities of Cali, Pereira, Choco and Manizales and thousands more were injured. More than 1,000 buildings were destroyed in the 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday. De la Espriella has mobilized military and police resources, and soldiers, rescue teams, and volunteers are sifting through the rubble.