Colombia News

Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace Gamble in Colombia

Colombia's 'total peace' policy explained - the ceasefires, the armed groups involved, what has worked, and where the process stands...

August 19, 2022

Opinion: Will Colombia remain ‘the old strategic’ ally of Washington and NATO

Weapons were still smoking in Europe destroyed by the Second World War; the Soviet Red Army was beginning its return...

August 19, 2022

Hundreds of Venezuelan and Colombian businessmen agree to resume trade and investment relations

During the second bi-national meeting of Colombian and Venezuelan businessmen called "Border Agreement", both countries' productive

August 19, 2022

Nine miners buried after coal mine collapse in central Colombia

At least nine miners are trapped after a collapse at a coal mine in a rural area of the Colombian...

August 18, 2022

Opening Colombian-Venezuelan border could generate US$8 billion

With the inauguration of Gustavo Petro, Colombia and Venezuela aim to reopen the border between both countries, considered the most

August 17, 2022

Colombia has the region’s best growth estimates this year

In addition to the Colombian National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) second-quarter GDP growth report on August 16,

August 16, 2022

Colombia: Swap debt for nature

Colombia will focus on combating heavy deforestation, tighten controls on the livestock and meat industries, and propose the cancellation

August 16, 2022

Colombia seeks to copy Brazilian Central Bank’s instant payment model

The president of Brazil's Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto, will meet with the manager of Colombia's central bank, Leonardo Villar,

August 12, 2022

Chile and Colombia: The similarities of their tax reforms

Chile and Colombia pursue similar tax reform paths with different outcomes. A comparative analysis of Latin American fiscal policy. Expert...

August 11, 2022