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Bogotá braces for week of protests and mobility chaos
Bogotá is bracing for a wave of protests that threaten to paralyze the capital this week, as drivers from across multiple sectors rally against Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán’s handling of mobility and public services. The demonstration, set for...

“Colombia’s largest healthcare intermediary hid $1.2B in debt to hospitals”
The Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal investigation against four former directors of Colombia’s largest healthcare intermediary over alleged financial fraud, W Radio reported on Sunday. The reported investigation comes two days...

US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years
MIAMI (AP) — 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 issued a waiver blocking any major aid cut to what has traditionally been the...

Routh had notes on flights to Mexico, Colombia
(The Center Square) – Ryan Routh had notes about flights to Mexico and Colombia when his vehicle, which gave the appearance of someone living in it, was stopped on Interstate 95, an FBI agent based in Miami testified on Monday. Day three of the...

Trump administration adds Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time since 1990s
MIAMI (AP) — Trump administration adds Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time since 1990s. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast,...

How Petro got Colombia’s intelligence agency to adopt an anti-imperialist agenda
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has turned the National Intelligence Directorate (DNI) into an anti-imperialist intelligence agency, an investigation by news website La Silla Vacia suggests. Since 2022, the agency has shifted from supporting...

US designates Colombia as failing to cooperate in the drug war for first time in nearly 30 years

Southbound on the Caribbean: Colombia Confronts Migration in Reverse
Boats that once carried migrants north now ferry them south. Since Washington’s January crackdown, thousands of Venezuelans are retracing their steps through Colombia’s Caribbean, where tiny towns juggle tourism with the task of shepherding...

Stacked Geometric Shapes Form a Hillside Concrete Home in Colombia
Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Project Details: Location: Guatapé, Colombia Structural Engineer: CYDECA...

Qué es la descertificación que EE.UU. podría aplicar a Colombia y por qué es clave en la lucha contra las drogas
Por Andrea Gómez, CNN en Español El Gobierno de Colombia busca mantener la certificación de Estados Unidos en la lucha contra las drogas, un mecanismo implementado para evaluar la cooperación de países productores o de tránsito de drogas en la...

FIVB Men’s World: Cuba stays alive, eliminates Colombia
Cuba during a win over Colombia in the 2025 FIVB Men’s World Championship.–VOLLEYBALL WORLD MANILA, Philippines — Cuba vented its ire on Colombia to keep its final round hopes alive with a 25-22, 25-21, 25-20 win, in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s...

Candidate Dávila targets Maduro, narcos, corruption in Colombia’s high-stakes election
Colombian journalist Victoria “Vicky” Dávila, now among the top contenders for the presidency in next May’s election, has built her campaign around a hardline security agenda with a central promise: swift justice for drug traffickers. “I will have...

Cuba Defeats Colombia in the World Volleyball Championship (men)
2 Havana, September 15 (RHC) – Cuba swept Colombia 3-0 today and took a breather in Group D of the 2025 Men’s Volleyball World Cup in the Philippines. After losing their debut against Portugal, the Cubans showed their pride and swept aside the...

Colombia to replace subsidies with solar for 1 million low-income households
Colombia will equip more than 1 million low-income households with solar systems to replace subsidies, cut bills and add capacity to the grid. September 15, 2025 Luis Ini Image: David Restrepo, Unsplash From pv magazine LatAm The Colombian...

Amid rising violence in Colombia, girls and women are being held as sex slaves: ‘No woman is safe’
The rebels would come to the brothel every day, armed and masked. They would order the women to line up on their hands and knees, put their guns in their mouths, and rape them. “It was ugly. A place filled with women and underage girls – all of us...

Suzuki Motor de Colombia Hits 2 Million Motorcycle Production Milestone
Suzuki Motor de Colombia S.A. (SMDC), a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation, has celebrated a major milestone — the production of its 2 millionth motorcycle on 11 September 2025 at its Pereira, Risaralda plant. The achievement was marked with a...

CARICOM and Colombia negotiate to expand South-South Co-operation
The negotiations in progress to deepen the bilateral trade relationship with CARICOM’s third largest trading partner in Central and South America. BOGOTA, COLOMBIA--CARICOM and Colombia trade negotiators concluded the second round of negotiations...

Attack at a police station in Colombia by FARC dissidents kills 1, injures 4
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia attacked a police station in southwestern Colombia Sunday, killing a police officer and wounding four people, authorities said. The army said on X that...

Arajet increases its flights to Colombia, one of its “core” markets
Santo Domingo.- Arajet announced a significant increase in flight frequencies to Colombia, further consolidating its presence in one of the region’s most strategic markets. The expansion aims to meet growing travel demand and enhance the tourism...

CARICOM, Colombia to expand South-South Co-operation
CARICOM and Colombia trade negotiators concluded the second round of negotiations to update the CARICOM-Colombia Trade and Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (TECA), in Bogota, Colombia on 10 September 2025. The negotiations, which took...