Colombia’s State Oil Giant Hands Its Board to the President’s Strategist
Ecopetrol pumps most of Colombia's oil and helps fund the state. Its new chairman ran the president's campaign, as output...
September 18, 2026Section
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Colombia’s New Right-Wing Government Quits a Global LGBTI Rights Group
Colombia's new right-wing government left a global LGBTI rights coalition it co-chaired. Rights in law stay intact, but critics see...
September 18, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP and the Peso, September 18, 2026
The COLCAP rose 0.40% to 2,521.85 but the peso was the region's weakest currency. The central bank's survey lifted December...
September 18, 2026
Colombia Puts US$96 Million Into a Rescue Fund to Keep the Lights On in Chocó
Colombia moved 300 billion pesos, about US$96 million, into its electricity rescue fund to support DISPAC, the utility serving Choco...
September 17, 2026
Colombia’s President De la Espriella Says He Signed 85 Extraditions in Six Weeks
President Abelardo De la Espriella says Colombia has approved 85 extraditions since 7 August 2026, most of them to the...
September 17, 2026
Colombia Court Lifts Air Strike Ban, Sets Rules on Minors
A Bogotá court lifted its suspension of Colombian air strikes in areas with recruited minors, replacing it with a reinforced...
September 17, 2026
Cuba’s Water Crisis Spreads Disease as Haiti Hunger and Colombia Violence Worsen
OCHA reports 3.2 million Cubans without safe water, 5.83 million Haitians in acute food insecurity, and new displacement in Colombia....
September 17, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — September 17, 2026
The COLCAP fell about 2.16% and the peso slipped as the Fed raised rates and crude dropped 4%. Colombia took...
September 17, 2026
Colombia Stays on the US Drug Blacklist, but Its Aid Is Going Up
Washington again found Colombia failing on drugs, and lifted the same finding from Venezuela after two decades. No aid was...
September 17, 2026