SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

Colombians march to support President Petro's social and economic reforms

Thousands of people took to the streets across Colombia's major cities on Tuesday to support economic and social reforms put forward by President Gustavo Petro as part of efforts to reduce poverty, exclusion and inequality in the South American country.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2023

Colombia's Petro presents controversial health reform to Congress

Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday presented a controversial health reform to lawmakers which his government says will improve primary care, expand access to treatment, raise healthcare worker salaries and fight corruption by eliminating private sector management of payments.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2023

Popular DJ found strangled to death in suitcase dumped in skip as police hunt boyfriend

Valentina Trespalacios, 23, was found dead in, Bogota, Colombia, on January 22 with police now looking to locate her boyfriend, John Poulos

Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2023

Who gave the order? Investigating Colombia's 'false positives' scandal

The "false positives" scandal is one of the deadliest episodes of the conflict in Colombia. In the 2000s, the Colombian army murdered thousands of innocent civilians, passing them off as guerrillas or criminals in order to increase the "body counts" of military operations. The victims were young men from poor…

France 24 · Dec 9, 2022

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches silver at World Championships despite wrist issue

BOGOTA (Colombia): Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu endured wrist pain to grab a silver medal at the World Championships and in the process beat Tokyo Olympics champion Hou Zhihua, here.

The Times of India · Dec 7, 2022

33 Killed In Colombia Landslide

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered a National Unified Command Post to be installed in the capital Bogota by Tuesday at the latest to determine the state of the roadways under adverse weather conditions. Read on for tetails:

Dynamite News · Dec 6, 2022

Mirabai Chanu, Indian lifters begin quest for Olympic qualification with World Championships

BOGOTA: Indian weightlifters, led by Mirabai Chanu, will look to find their rhythm as they kick off their preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics with the first qualifying event -- the World Championships, starting on Monday.

The Times of India · Dec 4, 2022

Women across Latin America march against violence in day of protests

From Buenos Aires to Bogota, women across Latin America took to the streets on Friday in marches to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, demanding more action from authorities.

Reuters · Nov 26, 2022

Colombia, Venezuela presidents to meet in Caracas

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro will meet in Caracas on Tuesday to discuss their countries' recently-thawed bilateral ties and expanded trade, the Colombian government said on Monday.

Reuters · Oct 31, 2022

Tax-the-rich push gives Miami’s condo king an opening in Colombia

As the child of Cuban parents growing up in the 1950s, Jorge Perez found refuge from the island’s political upheaval in Bogota. Decades later, as a billionaire developer, Perez is courting Colombians who fear their own country’s leftist shift.

Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022