Colombia

A report by Global Witness reveals that at least 146 land and environmental defenders have been killed or gone missing worldwide in 2024.

On Tuesday, Petro accused the U.S. of interfering in Colombian politics as the country prepares for elections next year. The Trump administration's decision marks the first time in three decades that Colombia has received this designation.

The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly three decades. But the U.S. also issued a waiver blocking any major aid cut to the staunch ally. The move Monday reflects a decade-long boom in cocaine production in Colombia and a slowdown in coca eradication under President Gustavo Petro’s leftist administration.

The Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people formed in Colombia in 2001 to protect Indigenous territories from armed groups and from environmental destruction such as deforestation and illegal mining. In the last few years, they have been forced to confront a growing problem with those armed groups recruiting children into operations that include growing coca for cocaine.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno has emerged as an interlocutor for conservatives in Latin America seeking to connect with the Trump administration. The Bogota-born Moreno visits Colombia this week as part of a three-nation Latin America tour.

Miguel Uribe, 39, was shot three times while giving a campaign speech in Bogota and had been in intensive care since the attack. His family confirmed his death on Monday.

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery. The historic case has gripped the South American nation and tarnished his legacy.

COMMENTARY The historic conviction of ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe offers his countrymen — including the South Florida diaspora — an opportunity to share blame for their national conflict.

Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe has been found guilty of witness tampering and bribery in a historic trial that gripped the South American nation and threatened to tarnish the conservative strongman’s legacy.

A congressional hearing hosted by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission is warning that a surge in violence against Colombian human rights defenders and social leaders threatens to unravel years of progress toward peace.

Over 30 countries met for the Emergency Conference of The Hague Group this week in Bogotá, Colombia, to agree on a set of joint measures aimed at holding Israel accountable for its ongoing military campaign in Gaza.

COMMENTARY When Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. leaders hurl partisan blame for political violence like Colombia's, it only encourages reckless responses to violence like Minnesota's.