Colombia

Colombia is planning to fly dozens of its "cocaine hippos" -- the descendents of late drug trafficker Pablo Escobars private menagerie

Lasting success of the Colombian peace agreement, which we all wish to see, is contingent on the ability of the Colombian authorities to address the persistent violence that poses its greatest threat

Emerging markets have witnessed an investor exodus this year despite having raised interest rates at an unprecedented pace

The flight on Monday by Turpial Airlines from Caracas to Bogota is the first one since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in early 2020

This is the first visit by a Colombian head of state to Venezuela since 2016, reports Xinhua news agency.

The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela met on Tuesday and said they would improve trade and security cooperation, as both countries seek to normalise relations following the election of Colombia's first leftist leader. After the meeting in Venezuela's presidential palace, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said it was suicidal for the governments of Venezuela and Colombia to have become estranged from each other recently, adding that the border between the countries had been forgotten and turned over to criminal mafias. Colombia's president said both countries would now look for ways to share intelligence on drug trafficking groups, and added that he would lobby for Venezuela's re-entry into the Andean Community of Nations, a regional trade and investment group that Venezuela withdrew from in 2006. Petro has asked for Venezuela's support in peace talks with the National Liberation Army, or ELN, a Colombian rebel group that operates on both sides of the border. Petro's efforts to ..

Recently, IOC signed a deal to procure oil from Colombia's Ecopetrol SA and Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras)

Tanzania recorded a 2-1 victory over France in a Group D match of the FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup here on Saturday to keep their prospects of advancing beyond the group stage alive. In the day's first Group C match played simultaneously, Colombia got the better of China 2-0 to make the next stage of the age-group showpiece. Japan blanked Canada 4-0 in their Group D game with goals from Mao Kubota (9th minute), Uno Shiragaki (37), Momoko Tanikawa (52) and Mio Takaoka (90-2). In the Group C contest between Mexico and Spain, the former emerged 2-1 winners after Maribel Flores (47) and Montserrat Saldivar (85) found the back of the net. Judit Pujols (74) scored for Spain. Diana Mnally (17h minute) and Christer Bahera (60) scored for the winners, while Lucie Calba (77) reduced the margin for France after concerting from the spot. Bahera's goal also came off a penalty at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Linda Caicedo struck a brace as Colombia beat China 2-0 in the second round Group C gam

"I am very happy to announce that as of #26Sep we will jointly open the borders between Venezuela and Colombia," Maduro posted on Twitter on Friday

Colombia's first leftist president promises to fight inequality and heralds a turning point in the history of a country haunted by a long war between the government and guerrilla groups

A Colombian court has granted Ericsson a preliminary injunction against Apple, preventing the company from importing, marketing, or advertising certain iPhones and iPads with 5G connectivity

Colombia has entered the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, so citizens should reinforce self-care measures and get vaccinated against the virus

"Jose Antonio Ocampo will be our Finance Minister. Let's build a productive economy and an economy for life," President-elect Gustavo Petro posted on Twitter on Thursday

Columbian ambassador has shown interest in getting India's support for harnessing the benefits of space technology for national development

The director of the national prison system, Tito Castellanos, told Radio Caracol that it's not clear if all of the dead were prisoners

Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

The election of a former guerrilla marks a radical change for a country still scarred by decades of conflict and highlights the depth of frustration with the right-leaning political establishment

Mexico's president has claimed the leftist candidate in Colombia's presidential race faces a dirty war by conservatives

Rodolfo Hernandez got 28% of votes, compared to 40% for Gustavo Petro, the electoral authority said after an election in which no candidate reached the 50% threshold to avoid a second round

Leftist Sen. Gustavo Petro led Sunday's results with just over 40 per cent of the votes, while independent real estate tychoon Rodolfo Hernndez finished second with more than 28 per cent