After Years Of Legal Warfare, A Verdict Resets Colombia’s Right And Left
A Bogotá appeals panel has acquitted former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez of witness-tampering and procedural fraud in a 2–1
October 22, 2025Section
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Latin America’s M&A Reset: Fewer Deals, Bigger Bets in Q3 2025
Latin America just delivered a counter-intuitive quarter: fewer mergers and acquisitions, but much more money at stake.
October 22, 2025
Caracas Tries To Pull Bogotá Into A Common Front As U.S.–Colombia Rift Widens
Venezuela’s defense minister used a military ceremony to tell Colombians they could “count on” Venezuela’s armed force
October 22, 2025
Colombian Peso Holds Its Line As Stocks Catch Their Breath
The Colombian peso is steady near 3,887 per dollar on Wednesday morning, a quiet start that follows a choppy but...
October 22, 2025
Petro–McNamara Meeting Offers Breather In Colombia–U.S. Crisis
Behind closed doors in Bogotá, President Gustavo Petro met John T. McNamara, the United States’ chargé d’affaires.
October 21, 2025
Colombia’s Free-Trade Zones Send a Mixed Signal: Exports Down 21% as Imports Rise
Colombia’s policy-favored industrial parks—its free-trade zones—flashed a warning in August. They shipped fewer goods abroad
October 21, 2025
Petro’s Brake on the U.S. Free Trade Agreement Meets the Letter of the Law
Colombia’s government says it has “put the brakes” on its free-trade pact with the United States after Washington added a...
October 21, 2025
Bogotá Appeals Court Overturns Bribery Conviction Against Álvaro Uribe
Bogotá’s appeals court has just overturned the bribery conviction of former president Álvaro Uribe (Oct 21, 2025)
October 21, 2025
Colombia’s Calm-Looking Markets, And The Tension Underneath
Colombia woke up to a strangely quiet tape. The peso hovered near 3,875 per dollar on Tuesday morning, almost exactly
October 21, 2025