Politics
“There has not been a peace process," Uribe tells U.N. chief
Former president Alvaro Uribe sent a letter to the U.N. Secretary General outlining 26 reasons why the peace process with FARC is a failure.
Education
First Hispanic to lead Harvard’s oldest newspaper takes charge in 2022
Raquel Coronell Uribe, daughter of celebrated Colombian journalists will lead The Harvard Crimson, the nation’s oldest college newspaper in the United States, becoming the first Hispanic president in its nearly 150-year history
Health
"Communist propaganda is one thing, the miserable reality of the people is another," says former Colombian president
The former president spoke with Cuban doctors about the health sector of the Castro regime and then defended the medical system in Colombia, which Petro is trying to change
Terrorism
Rubio asks Biden to support Colombian government as terrorist violence breaks out along Venezuelan border
In his letter to Biden, Rubio wrote, “I urge your administration to maintain and strengthen the United States’ longstanding commitment to ... the Republic of Colombia"
Business
Petro's reforms echo Cuban Revolution's fatal mistakes, says former Colombian president
The words of the Colombian politician come after the Petro government affirmed last Friday that Colombia could import gas from Venezuela
Politics
Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar and Dan Crenshaw introduce the No FARC Act
According to a press release issued by Salazar’s office, “The No FARC Act denies visas to current and former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)"
Politics
Rubio urges Biden to halt extradition of Colombian warlord after Petro appoints him as 'peace envoy'
This month, Colombian President Gustavo Petro named the former warlord as a peace envoy as part of a campaign to dismantle illegal armed groups
Politics
Maria Elvira Salazar claims Colombia is under the threat of socialism with Petro
In Colombia, the left-leaning candidate Gustavo Petro and sectors of the right-leaning Uribista groups keep clashing.
Sports
Liverpool striker Luis Díaz's father speaks for first time since after ELN kidnapping ordeal
Luis Manuel Díaz, the father of Liverpool striker Luis Diaz, has been freed by his kidnappers and spoke publicly for the first time
Human Rights
Colombian peace tribunal charges 19 soldiers of crimes against humanity for 300 civilian killings
The Special Jurisdiction for Peace’s (JEP) charges are related to the killing of 303 people, mostly civilians, between 2005 and 2008