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This Colombia history guide covers Muisca gold, Spanish rule, independence in 1819, the Bogotazo, guerrilla war,...
Bogotá must finish a technical review before any Sencia El Campín sanctions apply, while matches and...
Santa Marta travel after the 41-detainee escape: what the US advisory says, Tayrona park status and...
Colombia's real retail sales rose 7.3% in August from a year earlier, while industrial output fell 1.2%, DANE...
Colombia could face power rationing in March and April 2027, grid operator XM warns, as El Niño leaves...
Colombia grenade attack in Cali: a man threw a grenade at a police patrol on Thursday night, wounding...
Cali's city utility offers its Celsia stake for the Salvajina hydroelectric dam, a swap that needs approval from...
Colombia power group Grupo Energía Bogotá raised US$126 million in short-term notes at a Thursday auction, as it...
Colombia cocaine network raid: forces detained 13 suspects in La Guajira, accused of shipping cocaine to the United...
Colombia’s COLCAP edged down to about 2,580 on Thursday 15 October while Ecopetrol’s US shares fell 1.12%. Peso...
Colombian media say the National Police retired Colonel Carlos Feria, Petro's ex-security chief, whom the US ordered out...