Colombia’s Left Candidate Confronts Right After Months of Silence
After refusing in February, Cepeda challenged Valencia and De la Espriella on April 18 — 41 days before Colombia's May...
April 21, 2026Section
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Colombia’s COLCAP Hits 2,286 as Election Risk Tests Primary Trend
COLCAP Colombia today fell 0.65% to 2,286, closing at the session low and the 200-day SMA. A break below this...
April 21, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Latin American Pulse: Four agents killed in secret US-Mexico anti-narco op. Hormuz re-closes, ceasefire expires tomorrow. Venezuela marks 100 days...
April 21, 2026
Ecuador and Colombia’s Presidents Are Now Accusing Each Other of Working With Drug Cartels
Ecuador's Noboa told Semana that Petro "dances merengue with the mafia." Petro responded with a criminal lawsuit. Tariffs hit 100%....
April 20, 2026 Colombia’s COLCAP Breaks Below Ichimoku Cloud in Bearish Marubozu
COLCAP Colombia today fell 1.33% to 2,301 in a bearish marubozu, landing on the 200-day SMA as election risk and...
April 20, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Monday, April 20, 2026
Latin American Pulse: Bolivia opposition wins 7 of 9 governorships, Paz coalition crushed. Hormuz ceasefire expires Tuesday. Peru dead heat...
April 20, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Saturday, April 18, 2026
Latin American Pulse: Iran reopens Hormuz, Brent crashes 9%. Petrobras falls 7%, Ibovespa third straight loss. Peru dead heat at...
April 18, 2026
How Latin America Turned Murder Into a Flourishing Global Industry
108,838 murdered across Latin America in 2025. Half of Bogotá homicides are contract kills. How sicariato became a outsourced criminal...
April 17, 2026
Ecuador-Colombia 2026: Trade War, Border Conflict, CAN Collapse
Ecuador's 100% tariff on Colombian imports froze $2.8B in trade. Now Colombia may quit the Andean bloc. What investors need...
April 17, 2026