Trump keeps foreign leader talks behind closed doors in marked shift from last year’s theatrics

President Donald Trump has shifted away from his willingness to meeting with foreign leaders in public during his second year ...

Colombia's 'outsider' candidate De La Espriella vows military crackdown to boost economy

Colombian presidential hopeful and self-described "outsider" Abelardo De La Espriella would launch a military offensive to ...

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro Says He Escaped Assassination Plot

Colombian President Gustavo Petro claims he escaped an assassination attempt after security fears forced his helicopter to ...

‘Coca leaf is life itself’: Andean growers’ hopes fade as WHO upholds global curb

Under US pressure as part of the ‘war on drugs’, the WHO still categorises the sacred Indigenous remedy as akin to heroin or fentanyl, despite its many therapeutic properties ...
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Extreme flooding in northern Colombia triggers humanitarian crisis

Record rainfall has triggered a humanitarian crisis in northern Colombia, leaving at least 156,000 people affected and 14 dead, authorities said. Flooding has submerged most of Córdoba, destroyed ...
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Colombian prosecutors plan to press charges against national oil company president

Colombia’s Attorney General’s Office announces corruption charges against Ecopetrol President Ricardo Roa. Roa, who managed ...