Colombia

Colombia declared on Friday that it would approach the International Monetary Fund to renegotiate loan repayment terms for the remaining $6 billion that it was given during the Covid-19 outbreak, a debt that is already “asphyxiating”...

The vice president of Colombia announced on Saturday that a landslide in an indigenous hamlet in northwest Colombia had claimed the lives of at least 33 persons, the majority of whom were youngsters. “I deeply regret...

Barranquilla, the Caribbean hometown of Colombian pop sensation Shakira, presented a 6.5-meter (21.3-foot) hip-swaying statue in her honor on Tuesday. The singer is shown in the enormous bronze and aluminum sculpture wearing a long, flowing skirt,...

Colombia announced on Monday that it was thinking about taking legal action against a US company that offers web hosting services and was recently the target of a cyberattack that brought down hundreds of official websites....

The four indigenous children were found after 40 days lost in the jungle in the Colombian Amazon and were recovering “satisfactorily,” according to welfare officials. Lesly, Soleiny, Tien Noriel, and Cristin, four siblings who are 13,...

Authorities in Colombia suggested on Saturday that settlements near a rumbling, renowned volcano be evacuated in preparation for an eruption. The Disaster Risk Management Office said it was preparing to evacuate villages within 15 kilometers (nine...

Officials said Monday that 120 people residing near Colombia’s Nevada del Ruiz volcano were being evacuated due to increased seismic activity. The volcano’s 1985 eruption, which killed 25,000 people, is regarded the worst natural disaster in...

A truce with Colombia’s largest drug trafficking organization was broken off on Sunday after President Gustavo Petro accused it of attacking civilians. “I ordered the security forces to resume all military operations against the Gulf Clan,”...

Volkswagen’s off-road brand Scout Motors said on Friday it would build a $2 billion manufacturing plant near Columbia, South Carolina, for trucks and SUVs. The investment could potentially create 4,000 or more permanent jobs and more...

The final section of Venezuela and Colombia’s common border, which had been blocked for years due to a diplomatic issue that has since been resolved under new leadership, was reopened on Sunday. Vehicles with registration plates...