The Latest Breaking News from Alvaro Leyva

Former Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva reportedly met with people close to the Trump administration seeking support to topple President Gustavo Petro

The foreign minister annulled the bidding process after a company already involved in Colombian passport production tendered an offer. To produce passports urgently, the government permitted the company to continue printing while making preparations for a new tender round.

Representatives of the Andean Community bloc of nations - made up of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, said on Monday that they would like to bring Venezuela and Chile back into the group, as much of South America shifts left.

Colombia's ELN guerrilla group will take the necessary steps to restart peace talks, the new government's peace commissioner said on Friday.

Incoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro will propose the Clan del Golfo crime gang disarm and inform the government about its drug trafficking in exchange for unspecified incentives, his foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Colombia's leftist president-elect Gustavo Petro named long-time politician and peace envoy Alvaro Leyva as the first member of his future cabinet on Saturday, ahead of Petro's August inauguration.