Mass detention of security forces puts spotlight on Colombia’s troubled Cauca region
Bogotá, Colombia – The detention of 29 police and one army soldier after riots in El Plateado, Cauca, have sparked a fresh crisis in this...
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Prison Fellowship Colombia uses restorative justice to keep youth away from crime in Medellín
Medellín, Colombia – Colombia’s second largest city, Medellín, has come a long way since the early 1990s when it was dubbed the world’s murder capital. ...
Illegal gold mining near Colombian dam threatens communities downriver: Authorities
Medellín, Colombia — On February 21, Colombia’s Army and Attorney General’s Office destroyed illegal mining equipment near the Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) Porce III...
Drone attacks increasingly affect civilians in Colombia’s conflict
Bogotá, Colombia – The sound of buzzing drones is sowing terror in Colombian communities under siege from unmanned aircraft flown remotely by rebels battling a...
A town in Colombia’s embattled Catatumbo fights to keep children in school
At an abandoned airstrip in Tibú, a town in Colombia’s northeastern Catatumbo region, Jaime Botero dons a bright Hawaiian shirt and shorts. Surrounded by family...
Cúcuta, Colombia on edge following ELN bombings
Cúcuta, a northeastern Colombian city on the border with Venezuela, woke up to five explosions on February 20. The National Liberation Army (ELN), the country’s...
Colombia’s former President Álvaro Uribe on trial for fraud, witness tampering
Trial proceedings against former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe began on Thursday, February 6, making Uribe the country’s first ex-head of state to take the defendant’s...
Colombia President’s cabinet faces more resignations
Medellín, Colombia – Colombia’s Defense Minister, Ivan Velasquez, on Tuesday became the latest member of President Gustavo Petro’s cabinet to resign. A post on X...
Officials identify two people found in Medellín’s La Escombrera mass grave
Following Colombia’s transitional justice system classifying Medellín’s La Escombrera landfill as the site of a mass grave, officials have identified the remains of two people...
Despite agreement on deportation flights, further spats may await US-Colombia relations
Bogotá, Colombia – On Sunday, a dramatic confrontation between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, captured the world’s attention. Petro, who...
