The Globe and Mail • February 2nd, 2026

Colombian criminal organizations find new ways to move cocaine as U.S. continues boat strikes

The United States’ aggressive boat bombing campaign targeting suspected drug traffickers in the Western Hemisphere has begun to reshape Colombia’s drug trade and its long-running armed conflict as criminal organizations find new ways to move cocaine.

Miami Herald • January 5th, 2026

Petro calls on Colombians to take to the streets following Trump threats

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has condemned Donald Trump’s threat of military action against him, calling on citizens to take to the streets and saying he would take up arms to defend his country if needed.

Speaking to reporters Monday night, Trump suggested Petro’s days are numbered and indicated approval for an operation in Colombia like the one that ousted Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro on Saturday.

While analysts cast doubt on the likelihood of Trump following through with the thr...

Al Jazeera • January 3rd, 2026

Colombia braces with alarm after Maduro’s removal in Venezuela by US

Venezuela’s neighbour Colombia could face spillover turmoil from the stunning turn of events both in violence and a mass influx of refugees.

Al Jazeera • December 4th, 2025

Last foreign carriers halt flights to Venezuela after Trump’s airspace ban

Bogota, Colombia – The last international airlines flying to Venezuela have suspended routes to the country, days after United States President Donald Trump declared the South American country’s airspace closed.

Al Jazeera • November 25th, 2025

Colombian court sentences Alvaro Uribe’s brother to 28 years in prison

A panel of three judges found Santiago Uribe guilty of homicide and criminal conspiracy for his ties to paramilitaries.

Al Jazeera • November 19th, 2025

In Colombia, Petro fends off criticism over killing of child rebel recruits

Armed groups have increased their recruitment of minors under 18. Should the government be responsible for their deaths?

Miami Herald • November 10th, 2025

Colombia President Petro floats union with Venezuela amid U.S. military buildup

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suggested recreating Gran Colombia – the early 19th Century country that included modern day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama – on multiple occasions over the weekend.

Miami Herald • October 20th, 2025

Trump-Petro spat threatens Colombian security, economy, joint counter-drug efforts

Tensions between Colombia and the United States reached a new peak Sunday, with Donald Trump calling Colombian President Gustavo Petro “an illegal drug dealer”, promising to end “payments” to the country, and even alluding to military action against Colombian drug producers.

Al Jazeera • September 18th, 2025

Colombian court ruling sentences 12 ex-military officers

A special Colombian court sentenced 12 former military officers to between five and eight years of reparation work for their involvement in 135 “false positive” deaths – killing civilians and then falsely reporting them as rebel fighters – between the years 2002 and 2005.Thursday’s landmark ruling is the first time the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), Colombia’s transitional justice body, issued individual sentences against government security forces for crimes committed in the decades-long...

NPR • September 16th, 2025

For first time in decades, U.S. says Colombia is falling short in drug war

The United States has decertified Colombia as a drug control partner for the first time since 1997.

The New Humanitarian • August 11th, 2025

In Colombia’s Chocó, neglected ethnic groups fight for a voice in building peace

The killing of more than 80 people and displacement of over 50,000 in a matter of weeks in the Catatumbo region earlier this year drew renewed but belated attention to the escalation of Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict.

Al Jazeera • July 9th, 2025

‘Never touched a gun’: Colombia fighters step up child soldier recruitment

As Colombia’s conflicts continue to escalate, criminal organisations increasingly rely on underage soldiers to bolster their ranks.The last time Marta saw her 14-year-old son was three months ago – he was wearing rebel army fatigues and holding a rifle as he marched down the street with the other child soldiers.She ran to the commanding officer and begged him to release her boy, who had been abducted nine months earlier in the middle of the night from their home in eastern Colombia at age 13. Th...

NPR • June 8th, 2025

Colombian Presidential hopeful shot at Bogotá rally

BOGOTA, Colombia —Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot in the head at a Bogotá campaign event Saturday, in an attack that sent shockwaves through the country. The politician's condition remains unclear after being shot by a 15-year-old sicario, or paid hitman, while delivering a speech to a small group of supporters in a park in the west of the capital. Videos posted on social media show the politician bleeding beside a car before being rushed to a nea...

Miami Herald • May 15th, 2025

Colombia joins China’s Belt and Road Initiative amid tensions with Trump

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has formalized his country’s entry into China’s Belt and Road Initiative, or New Silk Road, a sprawling geoeconomic development project that already includes over 140 countries.

The two nations signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday “welcoming China’s initiative to promote the Silk Road Economic Belt” and pledging greater cooperation in a range of areas including infrastructure and trade.

The move by Colombia, traditionally one of Washington’s stronges...

International Business Times • April 15th, 2025

U.S. Aid Cuts Impact Landmine Programs In Colombia, Posing 'Imminent Risk' To Civilians

As much as 50% of humanitarian demining projects have been suspended in Colombia due to the Trump administration's funding freeze in January, NGO and government officials said.

NPR • April 14th, 2025

The 'world's coolest dictator' heads to the White House

MEXICO CITY — Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president and self-styled "world's coolest dictator," is due to visit President Trump at the White House on Monday. He's the first Latin American leader to get an official invite to the Oval Office since Trump took office. Bukele is one of Trump's most crucial regional allies and no one has embraced his anti-immigration policies as enthusiastically. With Bukele's support, over the past few weeks the Trump administration has deported and imprisoned hund...

Reuters • March 18th, 2025

USAID suspension shutters Colombia programs, endangering FARC peace deal

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