An indigenous begging ring earning over US$45,000 monthly across the Poblado neighborhood was dismantled in Medellin, Colombia. Credit: Mayor Office BogotaAny tourist walking in Medellin along El Poblado’s famous Calle 10 has likely seen them: indigenous women seated on the sidewalks with young chil
Colombia’s proven gas supply has dropped dramatically, falling 64 percent in just over a decade, with reserves lasting less than six years. Credit: Andrew Smith / CC BY SA 2.0Colombia is entering a new chapter in its energy story, and it is not a reassuring one. In 2024, the country crossed a thresh
Colombia’s Westcol becomes the first streamer to be nominated for a Latin Grammy, thanks to his successfull collaboration on song La Plena. Credit: Thomas Hawk / CC BY-NC 2.0Famous content creator Westcol from Colombia is making history by becoming the first streamer to be nominated for a Latin Gram
In its second ruling, the JEP court in Colombia convicted 12 military personnel for the so-called “false positives.” Credit: @JEP_Colombia / X.com.In its second ruling, Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the transitional justice tribunal, handed down a sentence of between seven and eig
Democratic congressmen asked Secretary of State Rubio to respect Colombia’s justice system and former President Uribe’s trial verdict. Credit: Michael Vadon, CC BY-2.0.A group of Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, criticizing his stance questioning judici
The film “Un Poeta” will represent Colombia at the Oscars and the Goyas in 2026, following its successful run at Cannes. Credit: Kacy Bao, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia.The film Un Poeta, by director Simon Mesa Soto, has been chosen by the Colombian Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences to represe
President Petro stated that Colombia will not return to forced coca eradication following the country’s decertification by the U.S. Credit: Andrea Puentes / Presidency of Colombia.The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, stated in a televised address that the country will not return to the forced e
To make peace, Colombia chose the path of restorative justice: no former commanders of the FARC will face prison sentences. Credit: Presidency of Mexico / CC BY 2.0 DeedColombia’s restorative justice institution, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), has issued one of its most consequential ruli
A fire at a police station in Colombia left at least seven people dead and reopened the debate on the conditions of prisoners. Credit: A.P. / Colombia One.At least seven people died after a fire broke out in a police station in Funza, a municipality on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia. According to
Colombia announced it will stop buying weapons from the US in retaliation after Washington revoked the country’s drug certification. Credit: Andrea Puentes / Presidency of Colombia.Colombia announced it will stop buying weapons from the United States in retaliation for Washington’s decision to revok
Petro’s party Colombia Humana was excluded from Historic Pact, the 2022 election-winning coalition, as it transitions into a single party. Credit: Historical Pact Facebook courtesy.President Gustavo Petro’s movement, Colombia Humana, has been excluded from the Historic Pact, a left-wing coalition th
ChocoFest Tumaco 2025, the cocoa fair that seeks to consolidate this crop as a driver of regional development in Colombia. Credit: National Development Agency. Colombia is celebrating cocoa with the Tumaco Chocolate Festival (ChocoFest). Started in 2017 on Colombia’s Pacific coast, it has become a s
Colombia keeps focus on fighting domestic groups additional to the Congress branding Cartel de los Soles a terrorist group. Credit: Joel González / Presidency of Colombia.The government of Colombia announced, in a congressional appearance by Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez, that the state is focusing
Six students from Itagui, Antioquia, are set to represent Colombia in Robojam, the biggest robotics competition in Latin America. Credit: EU2017EE Estonian Presidency – CC BY 2.0 via Wkimedia Commons.Six students from Itagui are set to represent Colombia in Robojam, the biggest robotics competition
According to the NGO Global Witness, Colombia was the most dangerous country in the world for environmentalists, with 48 murders in 2024. Credit: Matt Zimmerman, CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia.Colombia was the most dangerous country in the world for an environmentalist in 2024, according to a report by the N
Colombia’s Senate declares the so-called Cartel de los Soles a transnational criminal and terrorist organization. Credit: Andrea Puentes / Colombia Presidency / Public DomainThe Senate of Colombia declared Venezuela’s so-called Cartel de los Soles a transnational criminal and terrorist organization,
The JEP’s eight-year sentence for the former leaders of the FARC does not affect the already complex future of the Comunes party. Credit: UN Women, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 / Flickr.In Colombia, yesterday’s historic ruling against the last leadership of the now-defunct FARC guerrilla opens the debate about t
While Trump has revoked Colombia’s U.S. Drug Certification, hope remains for the country to preserve bilateral ties: the waiver. Credit: Gage Skidmore / CC BY SA 2.0 // Official photograph of the Presidency of Colombia / Public DomainFor the first time in nearly three decades, the United States has
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has granted citizenship to Ecuador’s former Vice President Jorge Glas, who is currently imprisoned. Credit: Ecuador National Assembly / CCColombia’s President Petro announced that he had granted Colombian citizenship to Jorge Glas, the former vice president of Ecua
Colombia’s iconic lechona pork dish has been named the best dish in the world by the prestigious TasteAtlas ranking. Credit: AP / Colombia OneColombia’s lechona is officially the best dish in the world according to TasteAtlas. In its annual 100 Best Dishes in the World ranking, TasteAtlas has once a
The Spanish actress Ester Exposito, known for the Netflix series Elite, is the face of the new campaign for Colombia’s top soda water. Credit: Pedro Pacheco, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia CommonsSpanish actress Ester Exposito, famous for her role as Carla in the Netflix series Elite, has been chosen as t
Two Colombians died in a gas explosion at a bar in Madrid, Spain, in an incident that left 25 others injured, some of them seriously. Credit: @EmergenciasMad / X.com.Two Colombians died in an explosion that occurred in a bar in Madrid, the capital of Spain, last weekend, due to an alleged gas buildu
Colombia is the rainiest country in the world, and in some regions of the country, such as the Pacific coast, it rains almost all year round. Credit: AP / Colombia OneColombia is often identified as the rainiest country in the world when rainfall is averaged on a national scale. Its equatorial locat
Karol G becomes the first Colombian artist and Latina woman to headline Coachella, one of the world’s biggest music festivals. Credit: El Hormiguero / CC BY NC 2.0Karol G becomes the first Colombian artist and Latina woman to headline the Coachella Festival, one of the most important and prestigious
