The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

Colombia's top military officer has told AFP that his country will fight the resurgent cocaine trade with or without American help, after Washington blacklisted Bogota for what it called flawed anti-drug efforts.

The US has “decertified” Colombia as an ally in the fight against drugs, adding it to a list of countries including Afghanistan, Myanmar and Venezuela. Behind the decision lie surging coca cultivation and a desire to signal that US support for Colombia is no longer unconditional. It represents a rupture…

Petro also said Colombia's armed forces should no longer rely on U.S. weaponry: "the army will do better if it buys its weapons or makes them with our own resources"

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation

The United States has delivered a major blow to one of its closest South American allies by stripping Colombia of its coveted anti-drug certification.

US President Trump also places Afghanistan, Bolivia, Myanmar and Venezuela on list of states who failed to fight drugs.

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

Cocaine has never been more abundant, more profitable, or more widely consumed. Record production in South America is fuelling a surge in shipments to Europe, now the most lucrative market for the drug. RFI maps the new power structures driving the boom – not the cartels of legend, but a…

"If Petro continues on this path, we will have to reconsider, because dollars from our government will no longer flow in the same way to Colombia," added Scott