Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Colombia

Colombian leftist Petro holds lead in presidential race, poll shows

Leftist Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla vowing to tackle grating inequality, held a big lead ahead of the May 29 vote, a poll showed late on Thursday, though center-right rival Federico Gutierrez saw an uptick in support.

Reuters

Lightning strike hits military academy injuring 19 cadets while training

The Colombian army has said that 19 cadets were injured after they were hit by a "dry bolt of lightning" while they were training at a military school in Tolemaida

Daily Mirror

William meets Colombian president after pledge to tackle illegal wildlife trade

Colombia became the first country to sign up to United for Wildlife’s Buckingham Palace Declaration last month.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Harry welcomes Colombia and Nigeria to ‘inspiring Invictus community of nations’

More nations are expected to join over time, and participation in future Invictus Games will be drawn from membership of the community.

The Independent UK

Foo Fighters hit back at claims Taylor Hawkins was ‘tired’ of touring

Musician was found dead in a hotel in Colombia on March 25 with an official cause of death yet to be confirmed

Evening Standard

How the new Latin America left is seeking a greener future

Colombia's presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro wants, if he wins later this month, to stop all new oil exploration and move his country to a greener future.

Reuters

South America's traditional cowboys are still at home on the range in Colombia

livestock in Colombia are raised on vast, open ranges. Overseeing the herds requires the special skills of Colombian cowboys who are known as llaneros — Spanish for "plainsmen."

WEKU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Colombians say same thing about Luis Diaz after Liverpool FA Cup win over Chelsea

Liverpool win the FA Cup 6-5 on penalties as Diaz praised for performance

Liverpool Echo

As others are blocked, Colombians reach US through Mexico

Tens of thousands of Colombians are fleeing one of Latin America’s most populous countries on a migration route that has rarely been used

The Independent UK

Paraguay's organized crime prosecutor is slain while honeymooning on a Colombia beach

Marcelo Pecci was slain Tuesday by gunmen on a Colombian beach. His wife, journalist Claudia Aguilera, said the attackers came on a jet ski or small boat.

WEKU

Paraguayan prosecutor's murder in Colombia likely transnational hit -police

The murder of a Paraguayan prosecutor known for fighting organized crime was likely the victim of "transnational" criminals working across borders, the head of Colombia's police said Wednesday, as both countries pledged to probe the high-profile hit.

Reuters

Former guerrilla Petro would win Colombia's presidency in runoff - poll

Leftist presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla fighter promising to "democratize" Colombia's economy, is polling nearly double the support of his closest rival, center-right Federico Gutierrez, and would beat him in a runoff.

Reuters

Luis Diaz's mother reveals what Liverpool forward has said about manager and dressing room

Liverpool supporters have fallen in love with Luis Diaz since the Reds signed the Colombian from two-time European champions Porto in a £50million deal four months ago

Daily Mirror

Anti-Mafia prosecutor shot dead on honeymoon the same day couple revealed pregnancy

Paraguayan Marcelo Pecci prosecutor who had worked on high profile mafia cases was shot dead on a Colombian tourism island where he was staying with his wife on their honeymoon

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Paraguay organized crime prosecutor slain on Colombian beach

Paraguay’s prosecutor of organized crime and drug trafficking cases has been slain in Colombia apparently by gunmen on a jet ski as he honeymooned with his new wife

WEKU

Colombia legalized abortions for the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. A backlash ensued

The Constitutional Court issued the ruling in February of this year. It's part of a so-called "green wave" of liberalizing abortion rights in some Latin America countries. And it's led to protests.

Reuters

Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor killed in Colombia

Marcelo Pecci, a Paraguayan prosecutor known for his work in fighting organized crime, was killed on the Colombian tourism island of Baru on Tuesday, authorities from both countries said.

Bangkok Post

3 decades after Pablo Escobar's death, drugs ravage Medellin

MEDELLíN, Colombia: Three decades after cartel boss Pablo Escobar was shot dead by police on a rooftop in Medellin, the very city he had sought to uplift with drug money is being ravaged by it.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Colombia cartel shuts down towns over leader’s extradition

The Gulf Clan drug cartel in Colombia has shut down dozens of towns for four days in reaction to its leader being extradited to the U.S. for trial

The Guardian - UK

Fifa investigating accusations of sexual abuse against refereeing instructor

Fifa has confirmed its ethics committee is investigating allegations of sexual abuse and harassment made against one of its refereeing instructors and the Colombian Football Federation’s head of referees

Reuters

Pushing productive coca seeds, Mexican cartels reshape Colombia's drug industry

Emissaries of Mexican drug cartels are involving themselves more closely in cocaine production in Colombia, paying farmers in advance and pushing cultivation of highly-productive strains, coca growers, security officials and rights activists say.

Daily Mirror

Liverpool star Luis Diaz at heart of filed FIFA complaint amid £7.7million transfer dispute

Porto sold Luis Diaz to Liverpool in January but the Portuguese club were due to a pay an instalment to the Colombian's former club and failure to do so has seen FIFA made aware

Manchester Evening News

'I know a lot of people who have died prematurely' - the Greater Manchester streets where women's life expectancy is lower than in Colombia

"I don't know a woman around here who hasn't skipped a meal to make sure their children get fed"

The Guardian - US

‘It’s total terror’: Colombian cartel retaliates over kingpin’s arrest

Otoniel’s Gulf Clan militiamen shut down northern regions, blocking roads and holding residents hostage in their houses

The Guardian - US

‘Workers get the thorns’: the moral ugliness of rose factories

A rose is beautiful but a greenhouse with thousands upon thousands of roses, a place producing millions a year, is not

1 … 118 119 120 121

People

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.