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A candlelight vigil for Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay in Bogota, Colombia, on June 7, 2025.
Analysis

A surge of political violence has revived Colombia’s worst fears

On Saturday, a Colombian presidential candidate was shot in the head at a rally in the country’s capital, Bogotá. The violent episodehas many Colombians wondering if the country is headed back to a darker time.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during his visit and after a binational council of ministers, in Jacmel, Haiti, on Jan. 22, 2025.
Latin America & Caribbean

White House: Colombia has agreed to take deported migrants

President Donald Trump ordered a suite of tariffs and visa revocations against Colombian government officials on Sunday after Bogota refused to accept two US military planes carrying deported migrants – and was met with threats of retaliatory tariffs by Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

Arauca, Colombia.- The photo shows the site of an attack with explosive devices at a military base located in Puerto Jordán in the department of Arauca, Colombia on September 17, 2024. The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said that "a peace process" that his Government until now maintained with the guerrilla of the National Liberation Army (ELN) is closed, after the attack that left two soldiers dead and 26 wounded in Arauca.
What We're Watching

Colombia to declare emergency over rebel violence

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Monday he will declare a state of emergency after guerilla attacks by the ELN in the northeast of the country killed at least 80 people and forced over 11,000 to flee.

Guerrillas of the Central General Staff (EMC), a faction of the FARC that rejected the 2016 peace agreement and continued the armed struggle, inspect vehicles at a checkpoint installed on a highway in the Llanos del Yari, Colombia April 12, 2024.
What We're Watching

Colombia ditches cease-fire with rebel groups

The Colombian government on Tuesday suspended a cease-fire with a major faction of Marxist guerrillas, highlighting the challenges to President Gustavo Petro’s attempts to rein in violence.

Suspended Jewish Columbia and Barnard students participate in a press conference outside the president of Columbia University’s house on April 23, 2024, in Manhattan, New York.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Columbia punishes deans, Iran boosts missile output, UN accuses Rwanda of fighting in Congo, Colombia protects the forest

Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro
News

Fathers and sons: Colombia scandal edition

The president’s son has been arrested and charged with money laundering! No, not Hunter Biden. It’s 36-year-old Nicolás Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro.
News

Is Colombia’s Petro showing his true colors?

Is Colombia’s Petro showing his true colors?

Colombia hosts meeting on Venezuelan political crisis.
News

Colombia convenes new Venezuela summit

Colombia convenes new Venezuela summit

Members of parliament hold placards after the result of the vote on the first motion of no-confidence against the French government at the National Assembly in Paris, France, March 20, 2023.
News

What We’re Watching: Slim win for Macron, protests in South Africa, Trump’s legal woes, Colombia peace collapsing?

Macron’s narrow escape; South Africa’s day of demonstrations; Trump vs. prosecutors; Colombia: Is Petro’s “total peace” going to pieces?

Protestors gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of the oral arguments in two cases that challenge President Joe Biden's $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan.
Economy

What We’re Watching: SCOTUS mulling student debt relief, Blinken visiting Central Asia, Biden's partial TikTok ban, Petro’s post-honeymoon phase

US Supreme Court weighs student loan forgiveness; Blinken’s trip to Central Asia; Will China respond to Biden’s government TikTok ban?; First cabinet reshuffle in Petro’s Colombia