Bogotá’s Sofitel Luxury Hotel Doubles as a Free Colombian Art Gallery
A five-star Bogotá hotel runs a rotating gallery of Colombian art, its latest show built around colour as emotion, identity...
July 13, 2026Section
Colombia News in English
Colombia news in English from The Rio Times — Bogotá politics, economy, peace process and culture.
Colombia Wants Power Firms, Not Households, to Pay Sector’s Debts
Colombia's energy minister wants a tax on power-market firms in the July 20 tax reform, to cover sector debts without...
July 13, 2026
Colombia’s Petro Will File a Fracking Ban Days Before Handing Over Power
Colombia's outgoing Petro government will file a bill to ban fracking on 20 July, days before a pro-oil successor who...
July 13, 2026
Colombia Sets Up a Mining Fund to Back, or Retrain, Its Small Miners
Colombia's Petro government has created a fund for small-scale miners and a programme to help those who quit mining retrain,...
July 13, 2026
Colombia’s Incoming Government Takes Ecopetrol Unit Cenit to Prosecutors
Colombia's incoming government filed two criminal complaints targeting Ecopetrol unit Cenit over a $5M contract and a $123M land programme,...
July 13, 2026 Colombia’s Incoming Government Says a Blackout Would Cost $50 Million an Hour
Colombia blackout risk hits $50M per hour as El Niño intensifies and only 7% of 2026 power capacity is online,...
July 13, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — July 13, 2026
COLCAP closed at 2,307.67 (+0.65%) as USD/COP slid near 3,242, just above its 52-week low, driven by oil, carry trade...
July 13, 2026
What Colombia’s July 20 Tax Reform Would Mean for Foreign Residents
Colombia's July 20 tax reform would lift the top income rate to 41% and add wealth-tax tariffs. What the Colombia...
July 12, 2026
Medellín’s Flower Festival Returns July 31 With Its Famous Parade
Medellín's Feria de las Flores runs July 31 to August 9, 2026, with the Silleteros parade on Sunday, August 9....
July 11, 2026