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Colombia moves to join China's Belt and Road

07-05-2025 11:19 Colombian leader Gustavo Petro says he will sign a "letter of intent" to join the Belt and Road Initiative, a central pillar of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping's bid to expand Beijing's economic and political clout overseas.

POLLING & SURVEYS

Latin Americans split on retaliation as Trump’s tariffs loom

01-04-2025 12:19 Half of Mexicans, Argentines and Brazilians want their governments to retaliate to Trump’s tariffs, with slightly smaller shares of Colombians and Chileans saying the same.

USAID CUTS

USAID cuts imperil free press, human-rights in autocracies

17-03-2025 15:27 Experts warn US President Donald Trump's slashing of USAID jeopardises independent press and research in autocratic governments, while leaders like El Salvador's Nayib Bukele praise an end to US intervention.

CRIME & SECURITY

Crime fears offer opening to conservative leaders

07-03-2025 18:06 Crime and drug-trafficking surpass corruption and the economy as top issues for Latin American voters, giving hard-on-crime conservatives a boost in the upcoming election cycle.

STOCK MARKET

Early election trade is brewing for Latin America investors

24-02-2025 12:03 Investors make early bets on a right-wing swing in Latin America's upcoming election cycle, remembering when President Javier Milei's win sparked one of the most profitable trades in emerging markets last year.

TRADE WAR

US or China? Latin America under pressure to pick a side

14-02-2025 12:55 US President Donald Trump pressures key trading partners like Mexico to break away from China's influence, vowing to shut the 'backdoor' allowing China to import products tariff-free through Latin America.

MILITARY OUSTING

Poll: Latin Americans back US military force against Maduro

11-02-2025 13:16 Despite ill feelings toward Trump, majorities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico support US military intervention in Venezuela against President Nicolás Maduro, new poll finds.

POLITICAL UPHEAVAL

Colombia in crisis after president calls for cabinet resignation

10-02-2025 13:13 Environment Minister Susana Muhamad is one of several Colombian officials to resign following an unusual and scandalous meeting between President Gustavo Petro and his cabinet.

TRUMP'S RETURN

Scalded by Colombia row, Latin America treads carefully with Trump

29-01-2025 22:44 Leaders across Latin American leaders are walking a tightrope in the Trump 2.0 era, as Gustavo Petro’s recent clash with US president goes to show.

Split Coalition

Trump clash fractures Colombia's ruling coalition

29-01-2025 15:59 Colombia's Liberal Party severs ties with President Gustavo Petro's legislative coalition following his social media spat with Trump, which could make promised reforms more difficult to pass.

Tariff Threat

Trump holds off on Colombia tariffs after migrant deal

27-01-2025 12:22 US president sends a powerful message by threatening sweeping tariffs on Latin American ally to push forward his geopolitical goals on migration.

Colombia Guerrilla Violence

Colombia tries to contain guerrilla violence that has killed 100

20-01-2025 15:43 A fresh outbreak of guerrilla violence amid a faltering peace process in Colombia has left 100 people dead and thousands displaced.

Climate Conundrum

Colombia's LNG imports threaten Gustavo Petro's climate push

15-01-2025 13:26 The Andean nation must bring in cargoes with a bigger carbon footprint as its own reserves dwindle and its president refuses to allow new drilling contracts.

FRENCH LEADER IN LATIN AMERICA

Macron praises EU-Chile trade agreement on Latin America tour

20-11-2024 20:53 French President Emmanuel Macron visits Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric in Santiago on the last leg of a Latin America tour.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Brazil, Spain struggle to shake criticism as Maduro enablers

25-09-2024 18:06 At a recent United Nations gathering, Brazilian President Lula and Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez faced scrutiny for their ambiguous stance on Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Colombian ambassador to return to Argentina after Milei-Petro row

01-04-2024 09:26 Foreign ministries of Colombia and Argentina put presidential row aside and announce normalisation of relations and future visit of Foreign Minister Diana Mondino to Bogotá.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Mondino denies relations with Colombia are broken amid row

29-03-2024 20:31 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino says "relations with Colombia have not been broken," despite the ongoing row between President Javier Milei and his counterpart in Bogotá, Gustavo Petro.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Colombia expels Argentine diplomats amid row with Milei

28-03-2024 01:22 Colombia orders expulsion of Argentine diplomats after President Javier Milei describes his counterpart Gustavo Petro as a "terrorist" and "murderer."

HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA

Buried clothes, bones and DNA help identify Colombia's missing

14-03-2024 12:42 Across Colombia, efforts have intensified to find, exhume, and identify those who have gone missing during the country's six decades of armed conflict.

PROTESTS IN COLOMBIA

‘Out, Petro!’ Thousands march against Colombian president

08-03-2024 00:04 President Gustavo Petro's social reform initiatives and ongoing violence in Colombia spark demonstrations as discontent grows.

WAR ON DRUGS

Petro: US anti-drug policies caused Latin American 'genocide'

01-03-2024 15:47 "We have lived through a genocide of a million Latin Americans in the last half-century," declares Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who points the finger at the United States.

Columbia

Colombian armed groups forcibly recruited nearly 190 kids in 2023: report

13-02-2024 13:20 Nearly 190 children as young as nine were forcibly recruited by armed groups in Colombia last year, the country's rights ombudsman said Monday.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Colombia recalls ambassador in Buenos Aires amid Milei-Petro row

27-01-2024 09:34 Bogotá recalls its ambassador to Argentina after President Javier Milei brands his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro a "murderous communist" in an interview.

PRESIDENT MILEI: REACTION

Governments in Americas congratulate Milei on election triumph

19-11-2023 22:09 Presidents, prime ministers and political leaders across the Americas offer congratulations to Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Latin America divided and nuanced on Israel-Hamas conflict

01-11-2023 11:52 Many Latin American governments maintain strong support for Palestinians and their cause of statehood while condemning Israeli bombing of the Gaza strip; Argentina shows support for freeing hostages, with some of its citizens still being held by Hamas.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Colombia's Petro compares Gaza siege to 'Nazism'

09-10-2023 16:44 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro compares Israel's targeting of Gaza in retaliation for deadly attacks by militant group Hamas to the Nazi persecution of Jews.

OBITUARY

Colombian artist and sculptor Fernando Botero dies at 91

15-09-2023 13:31 Passionate and tireless Colombian artist Fernando Botero, once dubbed the 'Picasso of Latin America,' has died at 91. A prolific artist, he produced more than 3,000 paintings that have been displayed in countries across the world.

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug-lord

02-08-2023 12:59 Bolivian authorities conduct massive operation to capture alleged cocaine-trafficker Sebastián Enrique Marset Cabrera, wanted on drugs charges in several countries.

Political Scandals

Colombian president's son arrested on money-laundering charges

31-07-2023 12:43 Nicolas Petro was arrested on July 29th, 2023, on charges of money laundering and illicit enrichment in a scandal linked to his father's election campaign, officials said.